BILL EVANS developed his Simitars to be fast and
nimble sport models. Proud of the fact that variations
of his design were tripping radar guns at speeds
exceeding 150 mph, it wasn’t until a chance
conversation with Bill Winter, three time zones away,
that he even considered a tailless model for the
soaring sect.
Between the two expert modelers, they came up
with a remarkable combination that was capable of
handling any number of power plants, including
electric motors. The Simitar Slow-Motion .15 has the
zero-stall qualities for which the Simitar was famous,
and the Bill Winter touches made it a slow-paced
sport flier that could not thermal like a powered
glider.
Don’t let the foam wing construction scare you;
foam wings are generally lighter and easier to build.
In addition, there are
many custom foam
wing-cutting services
that can custom-make
your parts.
The article and
plans—which are
number 539B—for this
design were presented
in the January 1987
MA, and full-size plans
are available from the
AMA Plans Service.
(See the advertisement
on page 183.)
You can find the
construction article for
the Simitar Slow-
Motion .15 (or any other
favorite MA design) by
searching AMA’s
Digital Archives, which
is a “Members Only”
feature of the AMA
Web site (www.model
aircraft.org). A complete
bill of materials is
included with this set of
plans. MA
96 MODEL AVIATION
AMA Plans Service Showcase
A tailless model a pilot can choose to soar or screech
through the skies with
Simitar Slow-Motion
.15
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