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Title: Original Magician finished
Post by: ray copeland on March 25, 2009, 09:49:29 PM

Brodak kit of the Original Magician, 43 inch wingspan. Nice kit, easy build, leadouts and tip weight per plans. My typical la25 with muffler pressure and Hayes 3 oz. clunk tank, APC 9x4 prop. Monocote wings, rest is Minwax sanding sealer, Rustoleum primer ,metallic paint and clear coat.  First flight was great, good off the board , no mods needed as far as my spotter or me could tell. Can't wait for weather to break for more testing!

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Dennis Adamisin on March 25, 2009, 10:11:24 PM

NICE job Ray!  Looks like a winner!   #^ H^^  8)

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Larrys4227 on March 26, 2009, 04:24:42 AM

Looks real nice Ray!  How did ya get the color match?  Did ya spray over the monokote?

Congrats!  FlySafe!  Larry (Larrys4227)

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Glenn (Gravitywell) Reach on March 26, 2009, 10:10:03 AM

Magical!!  Love the colour.  Does the colour show well when flying? H^^

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Phil Spillman on March 26, 2009, 10:21:02 AM

Wow! Now that's one mighty fine looking Copper Toned colored Magacian! What line size and length are you using? I bet it flies really welll and is another joy toy! Phil Spillman

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Randy Ryan on March 26, 2009, 12:48:48 PM

Real nice Ray, this is another one I've always meant to build but have yet to do it.

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Joe Yau on March 26, 2009, 01:10:44 PM

Very nice!  Would you know what it weights?

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Larry Fulwider on March 26, 2009, 01:32:45 PM

Ray --

Did you bring it last Saturday? If you did, I missed it. (That was a pretty full day, huh?) Maybe this Saturday at the meeting?

Looks like you applied the answers in your Rustoleum post very, very, well! If you want it to look really good at the field, set it next to your grey "saucer", the ugliest plane in the history of model aviation.

Larry Fulwider

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Jim Kraft on March 26, 2009, 04:51:15 PM

Really nice Ray. But then it is a Magician. They are lots of fun to build and fly. I am just finishing up my fourth one from Midwest plans.

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: EddyR on March 26, 2009, 06:23:08 PM

Hi RAY    The plane looks nice. Hope to see you again in a few days at the club meeting or at the April meeting.
Ed

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: ray copeland on March 26, 2009, 08:28:51 PM

I love this airplane, plan on scratch building one from Midwest plans next winter! Total weight including engine, muffler and tank is 29 oz. Rustoleum gold metallic paint matches Monocote metallic gold very well, i figured this out after some trials. Lines are 59 feet .015. The OS La 25 with muffler pressure and Hayes 3 oz. clunk using 1/2a bladder material for the pickup is a very versatile and reliable setup i have found. My Skyray weighs 36 oz with the same set up and flies very well.

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Clint Ormosen on March 26, 2009, 08:46:29 PM

I always kinda liked the odd looks of the Magician. Yours looks great!!

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Andrew Hathaway on March 26, 2009, 08:48:13 PM

I thought I read that Rustoleum metallics and clear weren't fuel proof? 

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: ray copeland on March 26, 2009, 08:55:29 PM

Andrew, i had tried that combo on my 1/2a's back in my very beginning builds  ,only in reverse. I was spraying the clear as an undercoat to fuelproof and then the paint with nothing over it,, didn't work!! But this has 2 coats of the Rustoleum clear over the paint and seems to be good so far but more time will tell .

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Bryan Higgins on March 27, 2009, 05:19:23 PM

Hello Ray

Very nice. I have always liked the Magician.
Let us know how she fly's. D>K

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: Larry Fulwider on March 28, 2009, 10:05:10 AM

Quote from: ray copeland on March 26, 2009, 08:28:51 PM

. . . Rustoleum gold metallic paint matches Monocote metallic gold very well, i figured this out after some trials. . . .

It is one thing to have a neat idea, and quite another to pull it off.   :! The part many of us overlook is the " . . . i figured this out after some trials. " part.

Ray is pretty thorough, in general, and this is a good example.  y1

Larry Fulwider

Title: Re: Original Magician finished
Post by: proparc on March 28, 2009, 10:58:36 AM

I still very much consider an unflapped, well-built Magician to be one the all time best control line stunt trainers available. With up-to-date modern power, it is still probably second to none.