For those of you who want to build the Magician, buy the plans for the 1/2A Magician from Flying Models and scale it up to .35 size at your local copy shop. The version I published is Classic Legal with the improvements that Jim Silhavey and Bob Gialdini used. I have the documentation from them to prove it!

The improvements are an extra 1/2 rib-bay on the outboard wing, and half ribs between the main ribs. It really does make a difference!

BTW don't get clever and add working flaps! The tail moment is too short for them to actually improve the performance. If you are not going to compete in Classic, you could add the flaps if you move the elevator all the way to the tail of the fuselage. But if you do all that, why not just start with a flapped design?