Survive the Big One

 The crash that would be called "The Big One" to any other flying wing is just a landing to a Zagi. Crashing a Zagi is little more than embarrassing. The word “foamie” refers to a wire-cut, easy to assemble EPP (expanded polypropylene) foam and tape airplane. The original Zagi foamies have crash survivability because of this building method.  Trick Wings pioneered this method and has continued to refine their flying wing based on performance and crash survivability. Zagis have maintained the simple flying wing shape that contributes to its crash survivability. Some of the offshore imitations offer ready made flying wings while others offer molded products.  Most of them look good and have low prices but they all lack crash survivability. There have been many structural changes to the Zagi as the brushless motor and lithium battery technology increase the performance potential. Passive energy absorption is the theory that gives the Zagi flying wings their crash survivability.  Passive on impact yet aggressive enough to support the flight loads at performance speed is what can be expected from a Zagi flying wing.