Hi EJB,

FYI, marketing is real. It runs this country. Good marketing can kill a good product any day of the week. It's sad, but true.

>>yeah,they looked like overgrown glow engines.

They are. Tell me what in their design isn't like a small glow engine...and don't say the ignition.

>>But it didn't take long for the word to get out on RCO & other forums as to how great these engines are.

Did it every occur to you that that is what you're seeing happening right now before your very eyes with the Taurus. Most people only have 20-20 hindsight, while few have the vision to see changes while they are happening.

>>Two examples on rcfaq with a Menz 20x10 @ 7200 & a Menz 21x10 @ 6900.That ain't nothin' to yell about.My Brison 3.2 will turn the 21x10 @ 7200.

By your own admission you are quoting a very small sampling of data on rcfaq.com, and the reliability of the sources is not even known. I will take the liberty here of posting numbers from Michael Glavin that he has posted before. These numbers are the result of being tested by the same person, on the same day, with the same props, and with multiple examples of each motor:

Menz S 21/10:
Taurus 2.6 6900, Taurus 3.2 7400, Brison 3.2 6900
Menz S 22/10:
Taurus 2.6 6300, Taurus 3.2 7000, Brison 6300
Mejzlik 22/8:
Taurus 2.6 7200 Taurus 3.2 7900, Brison 3.2 7200
Mejzlik 22/10:
Taurus 2.6 unknown, Taurus 3.2 7200, Brison 6800
Mejzlik 20/10
Taurus 2.6 8200

I have seen some better numbers on the Brison. The one you quoted is right up there with the best I've heard, but even that doesn't match up to Michael's Taurus 3.2's.

I don't think you own a ZDZ, do you, and I assume you've never owned a Taurus, or probably ever seen one. I again ask you, what makes you so certain it isn't a superior motor, when you have no hands-on experience with it. I have personal experience with the ZDZ40, Brison 2.4 and 3.2, Taurus 2.6, BME 44(plus Zenoah, Quadra(40's - 100) and some other less exotic brands) in the small engine ranks and DA and 3W in 150cc engines. I'm not blindly singing the praises of the Taurus, I'm doing it relative to my experiences with these other motors. If you want to equate the small Taurus' to the quality of another motor, I would put it at a least the same quality as the DA150.

>>If the big Taurus twins were equal or superior to the others,guys would be using them...we would know..hype or not.

Maybe, maybe not, but I have no idea what the reality is there, because as I have said, I have no experience with them and therefore won't speculate.

Bill