I told Jeff he'd better get some kits in the hopper. The Taurus truly is a joy to fly. I highly modified mine way back in the early 80s..back before "vintage" pattern became important. Don't blame me because all those decisions were made long ago when I built my Top Flite kit. At the time, I wanted a "modern" Taurus, and that's what I got. The pictures included here were taken back in 2005 when I finally finished the plane I started back in 1981. The picture without the canopy in flight was taken on its 2nd flight on approach for landing. The other picture was taken later...it sports a Brett-like paint scheme with yellow transparent Monokote. The fuselage is mostly painted.

With the mods I made, less dihedral, vertical hinge line for the rudder, different stab, the Taurus flies even better, and is capable of more maneuvers where a "Knife Edge" is required, such as "point rolls" etc. Truth be known, you can modify your Taurus, (like mine) to improve its already great flight characteristics, and make it even better, or you can build it "stock" for a true reproduction. Personally, I really like the way my modified bird flies; I've never flown a "stock" version.

Duane