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Old 02-17-2009 | 08:54 AM
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Default RE: Ed Kazmurski's Taurus

ORIGINAL: UStik

Looking at the pictures, I think that could be the T2 wing. Wingspan 70" fits, paint scheme fits. It's logical that the typical Taurus paint scheme wouldn't go with that pusher configuration, so the different paint scheme was designed. On the other hand, why use that wing on the T2? After all, the carrier wing has the matching paint scheme and the same planform, even (at least nearly) the same thickness and dihedral. But the new wing has the Fritz Bosch airfoil which stalls/spins better!


How about that? (Or did you discuss it already?)
Very interesting UStik. Yes the picture of the wing is a "dead ringer" for the current Taurus-2 wing. I even see the small red accents on the white. The only thing missing is Ed's AMA number. I assume you think he took this wing and reused it in the Taurus 2...correct?

I do not quite understand what you mean when you say, "...But the new wing has the Fritz Bosch airfoil which stalls/spins better!...

Do you mean the striped wing pictured here has a different airfoil from the standard Taurus? I need to double-check, but I believe, (or maybe assumed all along), that this was the same airfoil as the standard Taurus. If it isn't, then I have a problem []with regard to building a new wing for the "Unfinished or T3) fuselage. I thought I had already done this at one point, but I will check again and see if the center wing rib from a "Primus" kit fits the opening. The wing saddle shape of both the T-2 and T-3 are identical, so I hope for my sake that it is the same.

As for Ed's induction in the AMA, this was a particular source of irritation for the individual who originally gave me Ed's address, yet when I asked Ed about it during our phone call, he told me he thought he had already been accepted. He was in his mid-80's with halting speech. I didn't feel comfortable pressing the point with the fact his name doesn't appear to be there...but he felt he was, supporting what was said in the thread Cees names above. It may be a clerical error, and nothing more.

Duane
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