Here is a link to my reconstruction and mating of two Taurii and a Plane and Hobby Solutions horizontal and vertical stabilizer to make a complete Taurus(technically Taurii), http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_82...tm.htm#8237130. Now the question. My originally owned Taurus and the donor wing(another crashed Taurus) both had a solid balsa, shaped leading edge. However, it is my understanding that the original Taurus had a shaped thin balsa "sheeted" leading edge. Just curious which models of the Taurus had the "sheeted" leading edge and which had the "solid' balsa leading edge.

I have added a picture of the "Taurii" , three Tauruses. She has well over forty to fifty flights with an OS 55AX. Good fuel economy and unlimited vertical. A good every day flier.

airbusdrvr,

The Taurus normally has a sheeted LE, yours probably are scratch built

Cees

Here's a couple of pics of the formed L/E that comes in the Top Flite Taurus kit.

BTW - For those that are interested, I have Taurus canopies available. I had a mold made of the kit supplied canopy, and it's better than the original. Sorry for the poor quality pic, it's very difficult to capture clear canopies.

FB

Don't know how old your Taurus models are, but the Primus from Jeff Petroski at www.Homeandhobbysolutions.net is re-engineered to have a solid L.E., (meaning stronger). The original formed L.E. as shown in the picture from Free Bird is light, and just great as long as you are an accomplished pilot, and you're not going to run into things or crash. If you are prone to do either of the things just mentined, the shaped L.E. quickly become like an eggshell. When hit, it cracks into pieces that are best repaired by pulling the pieces back together and using CA to glue them.

Duane

I guess my question is which Taurus model(s) had the sheeted leading edge vs. the shaped solid balsa LE? I've seen where the original plans of the Taurus had the sheeted LE. Was TopFlite the only kitted Taurus and did it have the sheeted or solid LE? My originally owned Taurus was bought at a swap meet several years ago from an old retiring flyer. That airplane had the solid LE. The plane from which I was given the wing to make the "Taurii" was also bought some years ago from an old gentleman at an Ocala, FL swap meet. It, too, had the solid LE. Just curious if there were kits that had the solid LE?

airbusdrvr

I think only Top Flite did kit the Taurus in the past.
There is normally one kitted Taurus model known. The Top Flite model.
Of course there are scratch build Taurusses even earlier than the Top Flite, late 1961, 1962.
First official introduction of the Top Flite Taurus was in MAN Jan 1963 as far as I know.
Never did read anything else.

Cees

Thanks, guys

It has been many years, but I believe the Tauri (TF kit) had a solid LE. It was also a constant chord wing. To the best of my memory, the TF Taurus was formed sheeting, like the photo FreeBird posted.

I suppose scatch builders could take the "easy" route of solid LE. The only Taurus wings I know of were either the TF version, or foam aftermarket.

Quite correct WEDJ, I just pulled out the plans for the Tauri and the Orion, both have solid L/E, only the Taurus had the formed sheet L/E.

FB