It doesn't say it on the sketch, but after drawing the plan I named this one "Spartan Wing." You see the name Spartan several times here, a reference to my college sports teams at San Jose State. A nice benefit to this was that I could pick up a variety of Spartan decals at the campus bookstore! I did build this one, and it flew really fast and smooth. But what a beast on the ground! At first, all it would do is nose over. After moving the gear forward, it would bounce like crazy unless landed perfectly. A plank-style flying wing doesn't combine well with taildragger landing gear. It did teach me; however, that a symmetrical airfoil flying wing is neutrally stable and perfectly controllable by novice pilots like me. That lesson translated much later to the Delta Vortex.

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