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Radi C ntr lled - Radio Controlled Soaring Digest

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My 100" wing on a low pass after a dive to film high speed flutter.<br />

38<br />

Swept A<br />

Wing<br />

Saga<br />

Paul Westrup, pw@paulwestrup.com<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 />

community 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 combat though, it seems the<br />

R/C <strong>Soaring</strong> <strong>Digest</strong>

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