ORIGINAL: Chad Veich
ORIGINAL: Gray Beard
People keep telling me it is a classic and a tough build? Everyone seems to love the Swoose, yet I have never even seen one at a float fly or any other events, ever. The build is no different then any other plans/scratch build so far.
I guess then that it is a credit to designer Nick Ziroli that the airplane appears very complex but really is not. I think it would fantastic blown up to about 120 inches!
I have seen some video's of a big one but it just taxied around. It's just a box fuse. The wing could be hard if you didn't know about the jig Nick showed in the original build article in 89.
Maybe someday I will build a big one but first I would like to see how these two fly. I have heard about an issue with the skirts giving the plane too much side area. That can be fixed with a scroll saw though.
I have found it a straight forward build so far. I may run into trouble with the floats?
It was first seen in the 1946 MAN and Nick re-designed it for RC and made it bigger in 89 so you now have ailerons.