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Swept A<br />
Wing<br />
Saga<br />
Paul Westrup, pw@paulwestrup.<strong>com</strong><br />
My 100" wing on a low pass after a dive to film high speed flutter.<br />
It seems for most slope soaring<br />
enthusiasts, the aesthetic qualities of<br />
their models are very important. There<br />
are few designs that polarise the hill-side<br />
<strong>com</strong>munity quite as starkly as the swept<br />
flying wing. They are most definitely a<br />
“Marmite” model; people either love ’em<br />
or hate ’em.<br />
The ubiquitous Zagi and its multitude<br />
of spin offs have exposed many to a<br />
coarser example of the breed, and<br />
these foamies serve their intended<br />
purpose incredibly well. For anything<br />
other than <strong>com</strong>bat though, it seems the<br />
38 R/C Soaring Digest
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