ORIGINAL: Taurus Flyer
Gents,
Some canopy history.
When I was making the canopy (4 times) I did had a problem. I did not get the right dimensions the way I did want them. Also there were some question marks about the exact position.
Continuing with the fuse and wings I did thought,” I will see in the future!”
Yesterday was the future!
Picture 1 part of the crate picture. When looking to the canopy you see that the front side of the canopy does nearly have the same direction of the direction the picture is taken, the angle is 38 degrees I did measured during the laser beaming.
Picture 2 part of the drawing I use. Here you see the laser beam I did draw on the plan, also 38 degrees
Picture 3 the personal picture of Ed with the Taurus the way he did use this on the carrier deck.
I did draw the angle of 38 degrees again. It’s right; this is the direction of the front side.
The canopy also has a high of 28 % of total high of the fuse in front of the wing.
Look that nearly only the head of the pilot is visible. The canopy is very flat.
But now the fuse after the ST56 was mounted in the nose, picture 4 and 5.
The picture of Ed, during a contest meeting.
Angle of the front side of the canopy is now about 45 degrees, high of the canopy 33 %
The high of the canopy is much more to place the pilot I it, we also see a big part of the body of the pilot.
It is clear that Ed did replace the canopy. Probably to get room in the fuse.
The old African bush and carrier deck pilot is retired (reed-tired), lives now with Duane in Asheville (NC).
The pilot with a new proportional education did get a modern position “on” the fuse. Maybe so he did could mount a bigger tank?
So, I redesign the Oldest Taurus on Earth the way it was in the early days, the way I show you.
I do make the canopy the way we see it on the crate picture but also on the personal black and white picture and still was used on the carrier deck. For the canopy I will not use modern pictures anymore.
Cees
Cees
If you want, why don't I take measurements of the canopy of the Taurus II, (which I believe you feel IS the original fuselage of the Wester Taurus).....that will give you an exact measurement.
On the other hand, from the other thread it was proven that the pilot figure in the crate picture, (PICTURE #2) is NOT the same pilot figure in the PRESENT Taurus II, (picture on the left). If you look carefully, you can see the difference in the way the pilot figures were painted. That means that canopy may not be the same one in the crate photo either, but there is no evidence to indicate the Taurus II canopy is not the original. The plane in the carrier picture is the same one I now have. It is the B&W picture on the left (where the plane is viewed from ground level from the side) above. That picture was taken during the very short span of time when Ed used the thick "carrier wing".
BTW-Cees. I just received a ST .56 for the plane, and it fits on the motor rails perfectly in the "slot" between the inside fuselage sides that frames the engine. It is as if the plane was made for, (or built around), a ST .56, but we know that's not true because the blind nuts fit a Veco .45. Ed designed two metal clips to hold the side engine lugs.
Duane