Bluto
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Wing Span: 48"
Wing Foil: XR Special
Tail : Tailess
Config : Elevons
Weight :

Top 3 speeds for this airplane
#PilotMPHLocationDate
1Daxton Self172Eagle Mt3/31/2012
2Chris Brooksby114Parker11/21/2007
3Jim Scott91Parker11/23/2007
 

 

Bluto is a design by Harris Nelson who is well known in sailplane design. His famous creations include Spyder, Shrike and Moth. Bluto's design follows the tradition of Moth, however, the  fuse is replaced by an extended center wing section; the result is less drag and faster speeds. The handling characteristic of Bluto is excellent,  it is extreamly fast and yet it is very stable in a wide range of lift condition.

The Dynamic Soaring performance of Bluto is outstanding. With full ballast in strong  wing, it can carve the air with amazing speed and of course with the added advantage of being EPP - that is almost indestructable, it is certainly a fun fly sloper worth keeping no matter weather you are a racing enthusiast or DS screamer.


 

In January, 2002, the 48" Bluto was born. It had a slightly different aspect ratio, and a single, rotating, split-fin. Many of the B-48 DS videos on this site show it in action. In May, 2002, the 56" Bluto was the next step. In general, the testing of this new "Delta-Nose" design was proving to be an amazingly high speed, low drag flying wing, with phenomenal energy retention!

Unbelievable energy retention and it simply doesn't fly slow. The longer you fly the faster it gets. This is liable to replace the JW as my primary high speed, higher wind, dynamic soaring glider.  It's got about 3 times the roll rate of the JW or Nemesis too.    It's very very fast out of the box!