Enter Dagger and Lancer
In the summer of 2012 I saw a photo of Mike Oser’s Dagger. It is a tailless flying wing that was exactly what I was looking for. The Dagger photo I saw was published in APR 2012 Model Aviation magazine.
Dagger in APR 2012 Model Aviation
The Dagger design looked different, unique, and really cool to me. I immediately started daydreaming about making a larger turbine powered version. I read Mike’s description of the Dagger with great interest. He stated the Dagger wing design allowed the Dagger to fly trimmed hands off with no reflex angle on the elevons. This intrigued me so much that I made contact with Mike and began an ongoing conversation that in the last 2 ½ years resulted in our Sabre XLT design.