ORIGINAL: Ben Lanterman
Cees,
"I want to warn Kingaltair because when you do not know these details you are throwing away HIGH IMPORTANT INFO, without knowing!!! "
Well I don't know that these are all that important of a detail. I remember the standard clunk tank having been used in any number of planes of the time including my contest rudder only "Charger" airplane. I doubt that too many fliers over-thought it to any extent. They just saw it being used successfully and copied it.
"My warning was, to now how to fill the tank!!!!!!!!! "
"Warning" - I again have to wonder about the conversion to English from the Dutch Engineer. Anyway with the three tube clunk tank you could fill it from the overflow vent. If you kept things clean this worked fine for a long time before clogging up the needle valve with junk. You had to be careful and not flood the engine.
With a two tube clunk you always filled from the engine feed line. This also worked OK for an equally long time with the same comments of clogging the needle valve applying. No problem with flooding.
Finally somewhere along the time line fuel line filters were developed stopping the clogging of the needle valve. However I still used the three tube clunk today. Nothing fancy and it still works.
But all of these things were universally used by everyone - nothing specific to the Taurus that I remember. Otherwise other folks would have copied it and mentioned it - alot.
I just looked over the video from the international contest in the wind storm. It is a wonder anyone won! I feel sorry for Jerry Nelson flying that big winged floaty machine he had. It is an indication of how badly everyone was flying that an airplane won that used a constant elevator deflection to do loops.
Happy new year all
Ben
How's the build and flying schedule on the Taurus going??
Ben,
In the building threads normally the members write about the problems and experiences other people have with planes and/or an article they can buy. Look to hinges. All the members look to that little bad link in the chain, modern hinge and CA glue. We help each other the best we can.
Redesign and reconstructing the Wester Taurus isn’t looking to a chain and trying to win a debate about what you think it is the weakest link!
I did tell, the Redesign and reconstruction of the Oldest Taurus on Earth is a little one man show.
I show every step in my process to make the result believable.
A SHOW I bring because people did tell me they like it to see the redesign and construction.
Redesign the Oldest Taurus on Earth is nearly like Ed did in the past. Making a hoisting rope for lifting the heaviest load and make that rope as strong as possible by study every individual shroud/string/twine (whatever you use to make a rope).
There are moments members help me by sending a PM with important info to add and use, that is my profit by bringing the SHOW, making my rope stronger than I can make it myself..
Winning a contest, just the way Ed did is simple having the strongest rope.
Carry every heavy rule of the contest rules to the highest level in the shortest time without destroying one single string in your rope.
The most important but also Oldest Taurus rope was also the Oldest Taurus on Earth, on the right side in the crate of Africa, I think, and probably stronger than the TOP FLITE /MAN/ RCM & E/ Standard Taurus.
I was afraid it disappeared and would be forgotten by everybody so I try to reconstruct the plane with every detail.
I show you a picture and hope you understand. The picture from the important rule maybe was for the tank lay-out, the tank with two holes.
If there are details in the future you do not understand or know, think about this post, it could be the reason we all know Ed Kazmirski in Europe.
Cees