Gents,

I am building the Wester Taurus, mostly a copy of the fuselage of auction 2 (without the sheeted stab and fin) and together with the wings of auction1.
A few of you maybe believe the same I am sure of, the K & B was the first engine in the Taurus fuse of Auction2. I show you that it is no difficult for me to repeat the method Ed did use.

During the drawing of my Wester Taurus I already take a close look to the contour of the nose.
I could see the level/location of the original K & B thrust line. Picture 1. It is the level of the line exact going through the most forward point of the fuselage.
Of cours I have to copy this level in my own plan.

Now I did see the pictures from Duane it is clear what I already mentioned in Post 691 page 28.

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It is possible Ed did use an adaptorplate on one moment between fuselage and engine for the fuselage of auction 2?
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When we look closely at picture 1 we can estimate this plate was about 8mm thick.

By using this plate, Ed could change easy the thrust line of the engine by modify the plate.
I have made a new drawing of the plate as was used originally by Ed for his K & B 0.45. Picture 2

Design this plate also was possible because of Ray did have again all the dimension!
I think Ray must have an archive, better than all the USA members together!

When we take a close look at picture 3, we see that the original thrust line from the K & B goes exact through the centre line of the fuselage and that is the only right way.

And look what I did write in post 705 page 29
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When I see the distances the VECO and SUPER Tigre both where mounted on the right side in the fuselage, is that right? Normally we built in the engine on the left side so the trustline from the propeller goes through the centre line.
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VECO and Super Tiger both were, on an experimental way, mounted in the fuselage of Auction 2, How about that!

Picture 4 and 5 I did make a projection of the plate in the engine room.
Last picture 6, Exhaust of the K & B , was there, but wood is replaced by Ed and we still see a crack!

So members I again did repair a little time of the history, I hope you do not forget.
I will use the plate in my Wester Taurus again, so when I have time the next post probably will be:
How to design your own adaptor plate for your new Taurus!

Cees