Gents ,
Let’s calculate so in the future I can look back to this post.

1 ounce 28,3 gram
1 pound 454 gram

Receiver 10 channel 3,5 a 4 oz, 106 gram (Ray)
5 servo’s 15,2 oz, 5 x 86 =430 gram (Paul)
Batterypack 4,2 oz = 120 gram
Total 23,15 oz = 656 gram Ed’s radio

If the Nats winning Taurus from Ed was 5,5 pound = 2500 gram
than the empty plane is 4 pound 1 ounce = 1844 gram with engine tank landing gear, etc.

My radio 275 gram 9.7 ounce.(battery, receiver 5 servo’s)
The weight of my plane 2500 gram – 275 gram = 2225 gram, so 4 pound and 14,5 ounces, to get the same wingloading as the Taurus from Ed.

For me it is an easy job to keep the weight under the weight of the Nats winning Taurus (I think!!!!), but for Ed it was a great job to make such a light plane.

The Oldest Taurus on Earth maybe was even a little lighter , the plan was a few inches shorter.

Wingloading.
Wing 4,8 sqft weight 88 ounce 18,33 ounce/sqft
That’s the wing loading of a glider or not, maybe I build in a variometer.
Interesting to tell that Ed did say, only a low wing plane can be used for acrobat with a thick wing because with a shoulder mounted wing the plane will go ballooning!

The canopy.
I did make a second one, the first one was about 7 mm ( 1/3 “) too short.
I did make some pictures.
I use Perspex, 2mm thick (1/12’?) so Polymethylmethacrylaat (PMMA), no VIVAK.
Because of my leight radio I can use some cheap weigth in the CG.

No vacuum just my whole body to pres the adaptor with the sheet over the plug. Two hands, two knees and my whole body. So use a thick adaptorplate when you try!!
And not on your desk mister Martenson, on the floor!


Temp 160 degrees C, 320degrees F
The plug for about 15 minutes in the oven, the Perspex about 10 minutes, and then.

GO

See the result,