Molt Taylor's 'Duckling' and 'Coot' amphibians

[hesham]

Hi,


We know M. B. Taylor designer and his company,and I found a strange Model to
to his design,the Coot A,which was amphibian aircraft,that Model differed from
the aircraft which actually built,also I found a twin boom version,may be as a
development of Coot A,and I know it was Coot B,but no picture on Internet
for this variant ?.


http://www.aerofiles.com/_ta.html


L + K magazine

 

[joncarrfarrelly]

The model is of the Duckling, Molt started the design during WWII and worked on it
post-war. When planned production fell through, he shelved the project to develop the
Aerocar. The Duckling concept was revisited when the Coot was developed.
The twin-boom Coot B was built by one of Molt's friends, Molt preferred the A
version.

-info from A Drive in the Clouds: The Story of the Aerocar, Jake Schultz with Molt Taylor,
Flying Books International 2006

As it happens I lived in Longview, WA during the '70s - early '80s and used to see the Aerocar
around, along with other Taylor designs and my brother spent some time working for Taylor
in the late '80s.

 

[Stargazer]

Great info, hesham and joncarrfarrelly! Thanks.

 

[hesham]

Thank you my dears Jon and Stargazer.