need help with a bloody wonder build

[kodo2003]

I built the bloody wonder last night and I had an issue the rear fuselage was not notched out where it fits to the front fuselage like in the video. Do I have bad or old pdf?

 

[xuzme720]

No, that is either been overlooked or so you can adjust to suit your own center of gravity setup. let me see if I can find the measurement somewhere.

 

[hack-o-holic]

I built the bloody wonder last night and I had an issue the rear fuselage was not notched out where it fits to the front fuselage like in the video. Do I have bad or old pdf?

You have the v1 version of the plans. I don't know why they continue to leave the old version active and haven't replaced it with the version 2 PDF. Search the forum or even Google for Bloody Wonder v2 and you will find them. If you can't, reply and I'll get my copy and attach them here .

Chris

 

[kodo2003]

Thank you for the help I'll search for them.

 

[kodo2003]

Hack-o-holic could you please post your v2 pdf I'm stuck on a phone looking for them and not having much luck. Thank you in advance.

 

[xuzme720]

http://flitetest.com/articles/ft-bloody-wonder-v2-project

And the flight video...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dm_NeyjKOM

 

[hack-o-holic]

Here you go. I can't seem to get their attachment manager working so here is a direct link to the file in my Onedrive.
http://1drv.ms/1p2fYUD
If you can't get it from there let me know.

 

[kodo2003]

Thank you Hack-o-holic I was able to get that from you there is a big diffence in the plans. FT needs to move the v1 plans.
Thank you again

 

[hack-o-holic]

I just wanted to point out that xuzme720's link to the V2 Project page, does indeed contain the correct V2 Plans.

http://flitetest.com/articles/ft-bloody-wonder-v2-project

I'm taking down my OneDrive Link so wanted people to realize they are up there it just isn't clear (even when you get the real V2 plans, the filename still never mentions V2).

 

[Raycefan]

Well, this is my two cents worth: the Bloody Micks Fun Bat plane is about 879 billion trillion zillion times easier to build and virtually the same flying characteristics. It's NOT a swappable, however, it doesn't have the overly complicated wing with the support spar. It's just a simple, quick, and easy fold of the foam board one time, forming a KV airfoil wing. The entire wing and tail are ONE PIECE, so there's no weak joint requiring extreme packing tape. There's no overly complicated 2 piece fuselage. The ONE PIECE fuselage is easily tapered and runs the correct length from front to back. No guessing of you got it the right length or too far front or too far back. Don't get me wrong, I love the Bloody Wonder. But it seems to me it's just and unnecessarily complex and complicated way to build the very successful Fun Bat design, (which, by the way, also has free flans available that don't require the confusing and difficult modifications to print them into tile form!)

 

[SP0NZ]

Well, this is my two cents worth: the Bloody Micks Fun Bat plane is about 879 billion trillion zillion times easier to build and virtually the same flying characteristics. It's NOT a swappable, however, it doesn't have the overly complicated wing with the support spar. It's just a simple, quick, and easy fold of the foam board one time, forming a KV airfoil wing. The entire wing and tail are ONE PIECE, so there's no weak joint requiring extreme packing tape. There's no overly complicated 2 piece fuselage. The ONE PIECE fuselage is easily tapered and runs the correct length from front to back. No guessing of you got it the right length or too far front or too far back. Don't get me wrong, I love the Bloody Wonder. But it seems to me it's just and unnecessarily complex and complicated way to build the very successful Fun Bat design, (which, by the way, also has free flans available that don't require the confusing and difficult modifications to print them into tile form!)

A lot of what you don't like about the FT Bloody Wonder V1/V2 I tried to address in my Bloody Wonder MkIII design. It still uses the FT-style wing with the spar, but I have taken the guess work out of positioning the wing on the fuselage. I've also included other tail configurations to eliminate the inevitable floppy tail syndrome that all my original Bloody Wonders suffered from.

 

[Craftydan]

(which, by the way, also has free flans available that don't require the confusing and difficult modifications to print them into tile form!)

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[LandBasedMammal]

I just opted to build the Mark 3 plans that SPONZ published. They are really well made and include a legend and several optional tail templates. The registration marks are very handy. I have the FunBat plans and they are super simple but Bloody Mick clearly states it is for advanced flyers looking to combat. So easy to build but not so easy to fly. The 'complicated' wing on the BW makes for greater lift and slower stall speed. Some on the forums have even trained on the BW. The Mark 3 is more complex but it looks great and sturdy. This is my second scratch build AND I'm using gorilla glue so its s l o w...
So FB=simplest and Mark 3=best imho. Easiest obv is print out the v2 plans and find those slots but when you crash build a Mark3. Thanks SPONZ for the great plans and Crafty Dan; got any gorilla glue build tips? Is there a 'Ask Crafty Dan' thread elsewhere?