>How does the Dancing Girl fly for you? First off to add a little more history, this Dancing Girl was built back in the 70's. Has been crashed and repaired so many times I don't believe it has one piece of wood that hasn't been broken and glued back together. It's about 10 ounces overweight, will fly the pattern but wallows a bit if you hit the corners too hard.
>Does the Fox .40 perform well in her?
Yes, I even had the in-flight video camera on her for a few flights adding 10 more ounces, the old Fox would still pull it through the overheads.
>Are you using a muffler on that engine? If so, where did
>you find one that fits?
The original muffler was a Dubro strap-on tongue, the one with all the end plates that allowed you to adjust back pressure. I used all the plates and it worked pretty well. The present muffler is an old Tatone Piece pipe that I have hogged out the insides of as much as possible. Went to the Piece Pipe to try and keep some of the oil off but didn't help much.
>What fuel are you using? Prop?
When it was new and in the big profile, ran Fox Superfuel, 5% nitro 29% castor, don't remember what prop, probably a Rev-Up 10-6 EW or 11-6. Lately I have been running 10% GMA Powermaster with an APC 10-6. The old Fox is a little tired and the extra nitro helps.
>How about line length?
Now using 58 foot eye to eye, don't remember what we used on the big profiles
>Does the plane fly well enough to justify the extra work of
>two wings?
Well the best thing I can say is it is fun enough to justify building the second wing, It isn't an advanced level stunter but an intermediate could do allot worse. BTW: The Brodak 38 Special and the Dancing Girl's wings are virtually identical. Same airfoil, cord and span. I have a 38 Special wing kit and someday plan on building another Dancing Girl hopefully lighter.
>If I remember the article correctly, Miller did say the
>plane needed a .40.
Yep, if I didn't have the old Fox I would probably go for an LA 40 at least, maybe even the 46.
>Have you tried any other engines on the plane?
Nope, as mentioned in the Fox thread this engine has a large case and I don't think anything else would even come close to fitting the mounts. If you are going to use this old Fox you have to build the airplane around it.
>Prior to buying the two Fox .40's I now have, which I
>purchased to use in a SIG Chipmunk or Super Chipmunk or
>possibly a Hemstrought PT-19, I specifically planned to use
>a strong OS Max-H .40 on mine. It certainly makes the
>muffler situation simpler.
Yep, you either need a strap-on or have someone that is good weld on muffler lugs. I mounted the Piece Pipe by JB welding brass spacers to the sides of the exhaust with a strap around the back of the engine to take the stress off the JB weld joints. I first tried just the JB weld and it only held for one flight, the addition of the strap fixed it.
>Would you have any other pictures to share? I certainly
>hope so!
See below..
>Will the plane, and are you able to, accomplish the
>"Twiddle?"
Haven't tried it lately but back when I first started flying it the "Twiddle" and other tricks were responsible for a couple of it's mishaps. Use to fly it in Balloon bust when everyone was using unforgiving barriers. I now have a little more respect for the old girl and want to keep it in one piece 
>Finally, have you let De fly it yet?
Opportunity has never presented itself but he would sure be welcome.
This is what she looked like shortly after retreving her from Lloyds basement whear she hung for 20+ years..