RE: BRIDI'S BEST DESIGN
Some further background on the Deception: In the construction article Jim Kimbro said that the Deception was influenced by Rhett Miller's Compensator design. In particular, the wing airfoil is the same. The double taper of the wing with more sweep on the leading edge was a compromise between rolling and vertical tracking in loops. The taper of the fuselage was done to help with knife edge flight. The Deception was flying just prior to the end of 1976 (and so is SPA legal) making it only slightly later than the Super Kaos design (1973). It is interesting to see Bridi's convergence of the Dirty Birdy/UFO/XLT series with the Escape/Great Escape designs. Form follows function and the designs will tend over time to common factors which work well - at least for a specific designer.
Jeff
Cessna N9214G
Super Kaos, Deception, Tipo, Escape