The Boogie Man is based on the Cloud Dancer, a popular design from the 1990s. The main difference is the engineering of the kit. The Cloud Dancer fuselage is made of lite ply and a balsa stick truss, and the landing gear is in the wing. The Boogie Man has almost the same outline and dimensions, but the kit is engineered for easy building. The fuselage is sheet balsa with notched doublers for easy bulkhead alignment, and the landing gear is mounted to the fuselage just ahead of the wing.
The builder has the option to build the nose with a hatch on top for access to batteries or fuel tank, or the top can be built without a hatch for simplicity and to prevent oil intrusion. Any glow engine around 60 size would be appropriate. That’s a Saito 65 on the prototype in the photos. I’m sure some will use a 90 or more, but that’s up to you, and you may want to upgrade your flight control hardware accordingly. It’s worth noting that when considering 4 stroke engines, the old conventional wisdom from the 1970s is not relevant to modern engines, so you don’t really need to multiply the displacement of a 2 stroke engine by 1.5 to get the equivalent power from a 4 stroke. It’s more a matter of propeller selection, if you ask me.
Wingspan: 73.5″
Wing area: 850 square inches
Weight: 7 pounds
Wing loading: 19 oz/square foot
Engine: 60
If you’re ready to start building, let’s go.