Evan,

The Top Flite Taurus drawing already was there before Ed went to Africa (april 1962), because Dennis and Ed did use the drawing to build there Taurusses.
Why do you think Dennis did say his plane was exactly the same as the Taurus from Ed, eccept the hangings?

Yes, because they did use the same drawings.
And the drawing never changed so I do see 11 remarkable points on the fuselage from Ed's Taurus that he did use the drawing from Top Flite, so>>>>>>>>>>> preproduction Taurus before the kit is released.

And how did Top Flite make the drawing
Yes, they get a dimensions sketch on brown paper from Ed.

And do we see the Taurus from Ed and the Taurus from Dennis both in the crate of Africa.
No, we do not, the Taurus From Dennis we only see on one single picture of him. This Taurus was in Africa , on top of the crate!


Ed and Dennis not only did use the same drawings, also pilot, nosewheel stearing lever, elevator lever system.
Maybe wood materials as machined sheeting of the fuselage, doublers, and so on.

An interesting question is did Top Flite know about the proportional radio when they did make the drawings before april 1962?
Or did they make the fuselage higher to make it easy to built in the radio?

So? Let me hear, when were the first proportional radio's used on the contest meetings?



Cees