Ustik

We all know that Ed Kazmirki had the speciallity to reduce weight on every place where it was possible and justified..
The wings have no nose spar for example.

The fuselage of the auction 2 was original designed as his contest plane and especially build around the reeds radio, no extra volume, so no extra weight.
When you compare this fuselage with the fuselage of the Top Flite Taurus then you must not look to dimensions but surfaces and weight.

I did calculate the surface. The surface of the Top Flite Taurus has 3184 cm2, the Wester Taurus will have 2560 cm2, So the Top Flite has 24 % more.
When we compare the tailcone (rudder/CG) the Top Flite Taurus is 2240 cm2 the Wester Taurus will have 1840 cm2. So the Top Flite tailcone has 22 % more.

So also air resistance of the Wester Taurus will a lot less.

The nose of the Wester Taurus is 10 % shorter (20 cm / 18 cm) the tailcone will have the same length so absolutly has to be lighter to get the CG on the right position and it will be lighter, of course not 22 %!.
With the stab silk covered the CG will be oké.

Why Ed did not use the plane this way later, after Africa? (Because in the future I will proove the Wester Taurus is a copy of the Taurus on right side in the Africa crate)
Because the proportional radio did not fit on a normal way! only by using the D tube, but!!!!!

Repeat UStik!
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As Evan pointed out, things not always went well in the old times, hence not only a backup model but also a model built to minimize damage. In case of a mild crash, the fuselage may survive because it's built very sturdy and the wing because it can slip out of it's saddle. See the plan detail you posted, there are only slopes but no edges, and the (hard) formers are a bit away from the wing's leading and trailing edge.
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And that was the reason I did tell in the past, this is not a normal way to use the plane, only experimental!
Because when things did go wrong, the rubber bands will do, but your decoder is seperated from your receiver.

And Top Flite? In the (later) period the Top Flight Taurus was designed they did make the fuselage higher, so the tailcone weight was more-more , so the nose did get more length!
Every radio you could built in this fuselage, and you could walk around it.


Cees