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Old 01-24-2009 | 12:53 PM
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Default RE: Redesign and reconstruction of the Oldest Taurus on Earth

Gents.

May I present you the new dihedral, 5 ", so the old dihedral was not good, much to low.
The new dihedral is 0,5 inch more than the later Top Flite taurus (4 1/2").

That will be interesting, test flying figures like outside loops, vertical eight, tail slide and four point roll.

Look to the distances between the red line and TE of the aileron, near the orange dots.


Edit, checking the pictures Hanna and I discover the dihedral has to be more than 5 ".
The nearest wingtip isn't wide enough so the distance and angle were not right, Hanna and I will come with better results.
We have to mount the camera and wing in a fixed situation just like laser beaming.


Cees
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