rogerk

I have the orig. with letters.
Anyone interested in them?
roger

Robinaire

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Hi Roger; Original what? Real Taylor Monoplane plans, or model? Incidentally, I flew a T.M. about 35 years ago, built bya Parker Warren of Pompano Beach, FL Biggest scare I ever had! Fabric was glued to wing ribs, and after I took off, the fabric from the leading edge back suddenly blew up like a balloon! I had just taken off from private Antiquers Aerodrome, west of Delray Beach, and it took me about 60 seconds to wheel around and get it on the grounf again! I told him I would fly him back in my plane, but he insisted on flying the TM back! He made it! Lee Robinson W. Palm Beach, FL

taylormonoplane

i own a full size taylor monoplane,but my plans were borrowed and never returned,if these plans are for full size homebuilt i would like to buy them,any help is appreciated Carl ft. pierce fl. thanks.

gal

hi I'm a model builder and am wishing to build a 1/4 to 1/3 size model of the taylor monoplane but am unable to find plans or even 3D sketchs. If you can could you send me some info, even simple sketches. I'v spent countless hours trying to find info and your artilce is the best source of info I have found yet.


Regards Jim

kdc

There was a plan for a 0ne fifth scale model Taylor Monoplane published as a free plan in Radio Control Scale Aircraft Quarterly Summer 1988. This was an Argus Specialist Publication in England. (Argus became Nexus and now they are Highbury Publications ) This issue of the magazine had photos and drawings of various fullsize Taylors and contained the model plan at full size. It was a free plan so no plan number is shown. However Argus offered a one eighth scale drawing number 3084 with details of several Taylors.
The model was designed by Peter Miller and was 46 inch span for a OS20 4stroke or 19 to 25 2 stroke. This design was of the clipped wing 19 feet 3inch span version. Usual span is 21feet but others had a longer centre section at 21 feet 8 inches. Apparently normal fuselage was 15 feet but New Zealand versions were 10 and a half inches longer!
Miller mentions that the tailplane is small and even on his clipped wing version its only 17.5 per cent of the wing area. Seems to have flown well on the OS FS20 at 4.5 pounds including 4 ounces of lead in the nose. The plan is well detailed and looks very similar in construction to several other of Peter Miller’s many published plans. It has built up balsa wings & tail , with a balsa / ply bulkhead fuselage.
Cowl is built up from thick balsa. Very conventional construction.
It seems to me that a quarter scale version at 58 inch span with a 40 2 stroke or a 53 4 stroke would be a better bet. I reckon I would increase the tail area discreetly to at least 20percent and build the New Zealand length fuselage too for a practical flying model.

viperdude

Thats one scary plane i would be caught dead in.. wait if i was in that i probaly would be dead that thing is small!