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The Taylor Titch is a British
Taylor designed the Titch as an entry in the 1964 Midget Racer Design Competition promoted by Rollason. Among the criteria requested was that it had to be a single-seater powered by a Rollason Ardem flat-four engine, design limits were ±6g, maximum wing area of 65 sq ft and a maximum weight of 750lbs. As a result of Taylor designed a high performance single-seater, the Titch based on his earlier Taylor Monoplane.
At the closing date of the competition 42 designs had been submitted which was won by a project named
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fixed-wing
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homebuilt aircraft
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, developed in the 1960s by J.F. Taylor.''Air Trails'', Winter 1971, p. 78. , examples are still being built and flown.Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: ''World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16'', page 129. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015.
Development
Taylor designed the Titch as an entry in the 1964 Midget Racer Design Competition promoted by Rollason. Among the criteria requested was that it had to be a single-seater powered by a Rollason Ardem flat-four engine, design limits were ±6g, maximum wing area of 65 sq ft and a maximum weight of 750lbs. As a result of Taylor designed a high performance single-seater, the Titch based on his earlier Taylor Monoplane.
At the closing date of the competition 42 designs had been submitted which was won by a project named Beta
Beta (, ; uppercase , lowercase , or cursive ; grc, βῆτα, bē̂ta or ell, βήτα, víta) is the second letter of the Greek alphabet. In the system of Greek numerals, it has a value of 2. In Modern Greek, it represents the voiced labiod ...
but the Titch was placed second.
Taylor built the prototype, registered G-ATYO, at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex between 1965 and 1966. The Titch first flew at Southend Airport
Southend-on-Sea (), commonly referred to as Southend (), is a coastal city and unitary authority area with borough status in southeastern Essex, England. It lies on the north side of the Thames Estuary, east of central London. It is bordered ...
on 4 January 1967.Purdy 1998, p. 267.
The designer John Taylor was killed when the prototype Titch crashed at Southend on 16 May 1967. The marketing of plans for both his aircraft designs were taken on by his wife and later his son.Dunnell ''Aeroplane'' June 2017, p. 129.
, 40 examples had been completed and flown.Bayerl and Berkemeier 2011, p. 122.
Design
The Titch is a single-seat low-wing cantilever monoplane of all wood construction similar to theMonoplane
A monoplane is a fixed-wing aircraft configuration with a single mainplane, in contrast to a biplane or other types of multiplanes, which have multiple planes.
A monoplane has inherently the highest efficiency and lowest drag of any wing confi ...
but has fewer metal
A metal (from Greek μέταλλον ''métallon'', "mine, quarry, metal") is a material that, when freshly prepared, polished, or fractured, shows a lustrous appearance, and conducts electricity and heat relatively well. Metals are typicall ...
fittings than the earlier design and full size wing
A wing is a type of fin that produces lift while moving through air or some other fluid. Accordingly, wings have streamlined cross-sections that are subject to aerodynamic forces and act as airfoils. A wing's aerodynamic efficiency is expres ...
rib plans are supplied for the tapered wing panels. With a cruise speed
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in the region of 160 mph (260 km/h), it is an effective cross-country touring aircraft and is also fully aerobatic
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...
. Builders can fit it with either a Continental or a Lycoming engine.
Specifications (Prototype)
See also
Notes
References
Notes
Bibliography
* Bayerl, Robby, Martin Berkemeier et al. ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2011–12''. Lancaster UK: WDLA UK, 2011. . * Dunnell, Ben. "Aeroplane Archive: Taylor Made". ''Aeroplane
An airplane or aeroplane (informally plane) is a fixed-wing aircraft that is propelled forward by thrust from a jet engine, propeller, or rocket engine. Airplanes come in a variety of sizes, shapes, and wing configurations. The broad spectr ...
'', Volume 45, No. 6, June 2017. pp. 127–129. .
* Jackson, A.J. ''British Civil Aircraft since 1919, Volume 3''. London: Putnam, 1974. .
* Purdy, Don: ''AeroCrafter: Homebuilt Aircraft Sourcebook, Fifth Edition''. Benicia, California: BAI Communications, 1998. .
* Taylor, John W.R. (ed.) ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1969–70''. London: Jane's Yearbooks. 1969.
* Taylor, John W.R. (ed.) ''Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1980–81''. London: Jane's Publishing, 1980. .
External links
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Pictures on Light Aircraft Association website
1960s British sport aircraft Homebuilt aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1967 Racing aircraft Low-wing aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft