Duane,
Read the post 1071 page 43 of Ed Kazmirski’s Taurus
ORIGINAL: kingaltair
ORIGINAL: pimmnz
Duane, I was reading about the various fuselage lengths you gave us, neither the 'Meyers' nor your two Kaz built models match the TF plan. So I just assumed that the 'two Ed took with him' (to Africa) would be his original Meyers prototype and the longer 'Nats' fuselages.
As for the wing spans, you measured the one you have at 68" and the Meyers plan is the 70" wing, again I assumed that the wings in the box would be these two. Perhaps my assumptions were wrong, but so far it seems that these are the two models Ed built winter '61/62? The 1962 Nats report in this thread list the Taurus wingspan as 68", again reinforcing that the two wings Ed built were slightly different in span.
Evan.
Evan;
Then we are in complete agreement about the fuselages in the crate, (one the Meyeres prototype, and the 2nd built slightly longer). I believe you said the article says 1" longer on the second fuselage. The '62 NATS was flown about two months after returning from Africa, so the NATS fuselage must have been the second fuselage built, (the one built over the winter, and the wing used must have been the second wing, (built shorter)...not the prototype "Meyers" wing). Does that make sense?
Looks like the Meyers wing has a greater wingspan at around 69-70" tip to tip, (less than 2-35" panels because of dihedral). The NATS Taurus has the shorter 68" span.
Duane
As long as you (both) write this unproved nonsense I will not answer posts.
Cees