I get that a lot

I'd have to say it's intimidating until you start building it, then the next comment I get is "WOW that was easy and faster than I thought!"

It's basically a box with rounded cores and composites glued to it. I would say the hardest part is sheeting the parts. The framing of the plane itself is a piece of cake.

It's a great candidate for electric, because it takes full advantage of what an electric can do with very few compromises. It's not specifically geared toward the FAI "F" pattern, which makes it one heck of a pattern plane. Most planes today are geared specifically for that pattern, and compromise too much in my opinion for everything else. It will do the F pattern, and very well I might add, but it does take more effort than planes specifically designed for it. Which is almost every current pattern plane on the market BTW.....

However, it really shines in the P pattern, and all of the AMA classes. You'd have to see one track, roll and snap to appreciate it. I'm probably biased, but this is pretty much exactly what I get from everyone who's flown it or judged it. I don't mean it to sound like it's revolutionary, it's not. It's just a different approach than most other planes are taking, and it definitely feels different than most any other plane.

The construction is as basic as it gets in a builder's kit. if you can build a straight box, you can build a straight Black Magic. If you can weigh a piece of wood, you can build a light Black Magic.

Just thought I'd chime in.

BTW Emory, after really thinking hard about it, I'm not sure I'd change that prop if I could avoid it. That thing is the strongest E-pattern plane I have yet to see. Anywhere. I'd be looking for ways to make it work if at all possible.

-Mike