One bolt is it. It has some type of epoxey to help with the holding power with the bolt An on the tail filler material,I used just one peice of balsa and a lot of sanding an fitting. On the section were the fin an fuse meet would it look better with a large peice or smaller These are two different shots, rough shots., But an idea. Big or small?

on the fin fairing -

bigger and even bigger than what you have,

go back and look at my photos...

what you got is way small

and

what is the big block you have in front of the fin and the upper turtle deck??

I would. But sometimes perhaps the engine can't be removed from some installations without also removing the nose ring.
And the nose ring must be configured a bit differently,or is it the same with one ear lopped off?

I wonder what the reasoning is behind this new improved version?

I never like the old ARIA mount,so the ARA is going in my Black Magic,with suitable nose stiffener.

Dave

The big block is what most people call a mistake, What ever happened to measure 5 times an cut once,S#%t happens,no what I mean

Mike
Cogratulations on winning the Concourse de Elegance and the 2nd at advanced !!!
(Just read the news from the Sep. K-factor. I maybe the last one to learn this news)

Black Magic Rocks !

Mike Shih

I know if you cut something in half it weakens it, Does the landing gear half to be halfed? On the belly pan were the plug is located, just a hole big enought for the ni-cad or a big one for breathing for the head? An a piture of the landing gear aera if someone has one. An again many thanks for every bodys help.

Yes just a hole for the glow plug and one in the front for cooling.

Allow for that glow plug igniter to move around with the soft mount. In other words, make it bigger than it needs to be.

And yes cut the gear in half, and use 2-3 screws in each half.

I'm about to load up and head out the door for Jax, see y'all next week!

-Mike

Anybody know were I can get the dragon logo in some type of format were I can take it to the man that makes my lettering in vinal

do you have a loo you like? E-mail it to me at pcosky ay comcast.net and I'll see what I can do for you......if you want a jig I can help you with that too

I would like it in a format that the viynal man can use, ( The Dragon). That Mike Hester has on his. Can you e-mail to me in a zip. or some other way.Doe's anybody have a good piture of this BM top an bottom, This is the cotor scheme I will be using, when I get up the nerve.

Hey Wendall,

I'll try and get some photo's of the V1 this weekend, that's the plane in your picture and the BM I flew at hunstville. I can tell you I am the happy and proud owner of that baby.... And now that I converted it to YS DZ- 140 it's sweet!!!!

I love that scheme too!

the PPG Concept colors from Tony (radio south flying colors) are

Cub Yellow
Metalic Blue
White
Black
True Red - all monokote matches


I have a couple of flights with a 4-bladed prop - very impressive with the DZ 140. I hope to get more practice this weekend - Mike is in Jacksonville, I am not able to attend - work got in the way.....

I am sure Mike has a template or digital file of that Dragon - I love it too.....

good luck with your finish - I will be laying up my fiberglass and getting the fuse ready for primer and painting soon.

I.am trying to button up inside the fuse so I want scratch up the paint, Trying to locate the fuel tank an the hold downs. I went to Wally-World this morning an found 2 different type of straps an I think both would work great, well see. Both are Velcro

Her I am with more ?'sOn the photes of the muffler brackets what are they an how are these used, I just cant figure these out. No Instructions for this.An on the photes of the covering an paint, I am not fiber glassing, I am Monotcoting except for the composites.I aplyed coving to balsa ( Insigna Blue )on both. On one I sprayed missle red with a top coat of Plasti-kote Super EnamelWith a great finish except as yoyu can see rain drops other that that it would have been perfect. An on the other I aplyed covering an then the plasti-kote Enamel with out paint an it blistered real bad so that one is out of the ? The first one has some hope, weather it will last

Her is a piture of the last plane I built, All I had was a set of plans An got the cores from Dennis Hunt for a Daddy Rabbit.The Black Magis scheme is just to complex for me an on the fiber glass, o- Well I have to much money an time involed in it to ruin it. So I am going to Lustrekote an monokote. I am pertty good on the iron an spry cans as you can see. With that what do you all think of this red, white an blue color scheme along with the need vinyal,s. Or how about a copy of this plane.

Here's the pic.

Looks great but to me a dark leading edge is difficult to see coming out of turn-arounds.

These colores have been used a long time in SPA with no complaints from the Novice, Sportman an experts in the SPA. As for me I have had no problems seeing the plane on turn-arounds. I have my first place awards in Novice an starting in 2007 will move up to Sprorsman. If this BM flys real good I will use it next year in the AMA.

I an ready for this step I think Mike. How did you acheave this look, with covering ,paint or what. It looks as good as the outside of the plane . I would like to build a plane good all the way. If I have to undo the belly pan out at the feild infront of others I would like to hear, Damed that looks good. You know what I mean.

Shoud I back up behind the wheel pants with some 1/8 ply for Axle?

Could someone please help me with some great pic's of this BM for my covering, I have ants in my pants an I'm ictching to go.

it rained all weekend and I didn't have a chance to get it out side for some photo's

I'll see what I can do tonight....

dean

Here you go Wendall,

http://funkdesign.com/bmv1/

pictures of the V1 prototype at the Huntsville meet.

Dean

I'm back (sort of). Anybody that called or emailed me, you might want to do it again, I am plowed under by the volume. i'll try to get to everyone but it may take a bit.

Wendell, all you have to do is glass the underside with 2 oz glass and paint it. Monokote won't work very well here. But, if you're good, it may look fine.

yes I back the gear pants up with 1/8" ac ply and drill the axle hole, mount the gear pant and wheel, then line up the pant and drill and tap a 4-40 screw about 3/8" above the axle. This locks the pant in place.

As for the dragon, that's sort of my trademark Cool though huh?

-Mike

I flew Ryan McLauglin's Black Magic at Jacksonville. All I can say is what a fantastic airplane it is! He has an OS-160 in it and it flys very well. I fly a Pinnacle with YS power and I feel as comfortable with this airplane as I do with my Pinnacle.
Greg Grigsby

Thanks Greg, I was wondering how you liked it. I had to go, I wanted to let you fly mine but I was having issues.....from wierd places. That YS does come with a price.....

Hopefully Ryan will post his findings soon. He said he was probably going to, and I told him to be brutally honest. Quite a few people have flown this plane now, and they all seem to say the same thing. So, I think that's a good thing!

-Mike