Zoomslot Saucer

Hi gg,
I was rowing the boat, picking up Laddie's new (elec) malfunctioned latest float design.
The other side of our launch site.
Meanwhile, we had to wait to get back.
There were all these .60 piped jobs, down to .25s, all his designs.
Flying great.
It was awesome to behold !
A day I won't forget...
We made it back.
As Laddie says,
"Float flying is great, you don't have to cut grass, or need wheels..."
True story, hope you like it,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

Those are neat Dragonflies George, Dave…. I’m sure the electric version was a neat show at the lake fun flies….One with a .051 in the nose?.. Watch out!! LOL!!!

Laddie Mikalusko was the name I was trying to think of…. When we still had a club here we had lake fun flies as well and couple of guys built North Star’s that he designed…. They flew off the water great and looked really cool in the air



I sent a photo and a short description of Zoomslot to OZ …. Feel kind of humbled to have mine flying beside Mr. Clough’s original….

Hi rdw777,
Laddie is 'my' Ray Malstrom, I have actually met and talked to !
Something about creativity, and, having fun with model airplanes...
The 'plans' took allot of time/effort to publish...
The 'idea' of the Northstar came from a random doodle he did while on the phone...
Back to the topic,
Where did the ZoomSlot CG work out?
Flat plate wings are weird...
Thanks for sharing this project with us...
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave

Is Laddie in the Guelph club? I think he would sometimes come to the KW Flying Dutchmen scale rally sometimes. I think I may have seen him years ago. One of the guys there seemed to know him. Came from the same country. He had/has some nice designs. I thought the Zoomslot saucer might fly better if it was built at 90 degrees to look more like a combat plane. It does fly well as is though.

Thanks guys…Dave, The balance point is six inches from the front of the saucer….
Overall length is 22-3/4 which puts it pretty far forward compared to a conventional wing…. We’ll go fly it some more when it cools off a little

Hi rdw777,
Thanks for the GG info It helps...
I am sorry to confuse Roy Clough with Ray Malstrom and Laddie Mikiulasco...
They all have inspired me,
Nice job on the Zoomslot, a set of plans, I thought was impossible.
That is what inspires me.
I like how they all have challenged my imagination...
And, All of Ours.
I like how you used modern materials,
To try something new,
Take care,
Have fun,
Dave