G. Otis

MARIHA HAS a somewhat unusual origin. A local flier of full-sized sailplanes, Fred Hewitt, designed the full-sized prototype of Mariha as a high performance homebuilt. A model version of Fred's sailplane was built to see if anything could be learned about the design before construction of the full-sized version was complete. Since then, the model Mariha design has evolved into a high-performance RC model sailplane that maintains the appearance of the full-scale Mariha, yet combines the speed and maneuverability of a slope glider with the light wing loading of a flat-land thermal soarer.