Evan,

When you have to built an undercarriage (U/C) and you have no Top Flite kit components, you have to use piano wire.
Kit undercarrigas always are better then made it yourself U/C. (Hardened after bending)

I did draw the green lines with the legs of the Top Flite U/C.
The red lines are draw parallel with the scratch built U/C.

Ed would have made the U/C carefully, so I think parallel,
We see the "red" legs are not parallel anymore, conclusion the wings is "used", bended because of using!
(It is also not a standard main gear set on a wing with less dihedral! Because then they would have a direction the other way. See picture3 )

The Top Flite U/C is parallal, so build exact with the dihedral of the drawing.
So the bending of the U/C, as you said, has no relationship with the dihedral. For sure not on the left side in the crate!!!



We have seen the details of the plan a few messages back, I did built my Taurus from parts of copies of the same plan and figured out there are no modifications.
Also the air is still the same. What is changed? Nobody flies a 0.45 on a Taurus anymore!


Only "suggestion" that's done in the past is shortening the fuse. So show me a plan of that and I will built me one!
We also did see that every little detail already was in the fuses of the Top Flite Taurusses, as the extra lever of the nose gear stearing!

1 What I mean with the message about the Orion is that Ed could not win the Internationals with a all round version of the Taurus so maybe he did made it more "hot" with his own wings. Less dihedral is also better in gusty weather conditions!
2 Top Flite had something to do to make the Taurus atractive for the all round aeromodeller, so more dihedral in the wings and more room in the fuselage so every radio equipment had enough room in the fuselage.

So, the pictures:
The crate:
Green lines of the parallel mean gear of the Top Flite Taurus
Green lines parallel of the stringers of the bottom of the crate (reference)
Red lines, the main gear of the scratch built Taurus.

Second picture
My own Taurus as it had to be in the new situation!

Third picture
I think this is an example when you use an standard main gear and decrease the dihedral of the wings!

Cees