Ihave been intending to update the TIMELINEfound in several locations(pages 19 #456 and30 #736),of this thread. This is an attempt to organize the events of Ed's career in R/C and the designs he created. You will notice there is no mention of the year 1958. I thought that somewhere in the thread someone mentioned Ed modified an existing pattern design, and flew at the NATS, but I could find the reference in the first 30 pages of this thread last night. If somebody knows what Ed flew that year and can add it to the TIMELINE, please be my guest.
Does anyone have comments or additions?
<span style="font-size: 10pt">September 1957—Ed’s first 1<sup>st</sup> Place win at “Great Lakes” R/C Meet (Detroit)</span>
<span style="font-size: 10pt">August 1959 US Nats. (Modified Astro Hog 2nd)
June 1960 Orion plans published
July 1960 W/C Switzerland. Orion wins
November 1960 Orion kit released
August 1961 US Nats. (modified Orion/"experimental" model.First design Ed calls a “Taurus”, with long nose moment/short tail moment- not happy)</span></p><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Thanksgiving 1961(Nov)—Reported date of first flight of “Contest Prototype” Taurus
December 6, 1961-First formal Taurus plan drawn
April 1962 Eds Africa tour. (Starts April 17 for three weeksTaurus used).
May 1962 Tauri kit released
August 1962 US Nats. Taurus wins
October 1962 Taurus plan published in RCM&E
December 1962 Taurus kit released
January 1963 Taurus plan/article published in MAN
July 1963 Ed skips 1963 NATS
August 1963 Carrier flights (demonstrates Bob Dunhams' Orbit proportional with Taurus-2 flown with original thick wing)
August 21,1963 W/C Belgium. Reed Taurus 3<sup>rd</sup> Place. (Back-up is Taurus-2 with thick wing and early proportional radio)</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Mar-April 1964Grid Leaks discussed Kazmirski “Pusher” (Probably appeared at Toledo show February 1964).Grid Leaks, (Mar/Apr ’64), magazine experts disagree with Ed’s theory for a proportional Taurus, (see below).</span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Early 1964??Japan trip.Ed flys a version of Taurus-2 with straight T.E./tapered wing.Tests theory that shorter tail moment/more dihedral is better for proportional.Based on converting original Taurus-2 (with long tail moment), and using a Bosch airfoil wing with less dihedral, it probably isn’t.
April 1964 Tauri plan published
August 1964 US Nats. (Taurus-2 with Taurus regular thickness Bosch airfoil, and tapered-wing withtapered L.E. and straight T.E.) </span></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"></div><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">May 1965.Black & White Simla pictures taken with original 102” wingspan and narrow ailerons (nephew pictures)
August 1965 </span></div><ul type="disc" style="margin-top: 0in"> <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">August RCM back cover displays Simla</span> still 102" wingspan, but now with wider 1-3/4" ailerons tapered at the tip <li style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">US</span><span style="font-size: 10pt"> NATS. Simla flown at the NATS, (likely with 96-inch“clipped wing”most likely clipped 3"ateach wingtip)</span>[/list]<div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt"><span style="font-size: 10pt">August 1965 –Ed manages USA team at World Championships
1966-Letter to Veco about "new" Veco .61 and its pulling power.</span></div>