So this might be a dumb question but..
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Yes, you must thread the wick through the coil. I'll defer to someone with more coil experience about the dragon coil.
Yeah, it's necessary. A dragon coil is wicked in such a fashion that it looks like a dragon, because of the way the tails of the wick are positioned. They're usually tilted upwards at an angle. Never built one, but I may do so someday.
Heylo! I use the dragon coils, and it's really just two micro coils angled up at 45 degrees. You do not need to thread the wick through the coils with dragons, no. You can make a bed of wick that the coils lay on top of but the flavor is not nearly as good. With the micro coils, you have to use a small wrapping post to get low resistance and it's pretty freakin' hard to thread cotton through there, so most just wrap the cotton around. I would be happy to do a tutorial for you, for now take a look at the last post on the first page of this thread below. It's my latest dragon coil setup.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/577936-new-colorado-questions.html
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/577936-new-colorado-questions.html
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No, you DO NOT have to thread the wick through. YES, you CAN put some coil types on top of a pillow or cloud of cotton.
I can't speak on the dragon coil.
But these guys can Coil Builds
I can't speak on the dragon coil.
But these guys can Coil Builds
It is not 100% necessary. There are a lot of ways to experiment. The cotton and other wicking methods simply are supposed to act like... A sponge. They don't burn they just hold the juice next to the heat. If you fashion a tiny diameter coil, you can press it down on top of a bed of cotton and it will still vape. I have been experimenting with this concept for some time as it makes it easier to replace the wick. 
If your interested in not threading threw the coil YouTube nano coil or cotton cloud, very easy builds. Now the nano dragon is a bit more advanced but not too hard, sounds like you might like Rip trippers Chanel or Raylo vapes if jump cuts and screaming bug you.
Dragon coils are just poorly wicked nanos
Anything wrapped around a mandrel smaller than 1/16" (16&20 gauge needle tips, 24&26 gauge wire, sewing pins) can be wicked by simply resting on a cotton bed and produce outstanding flavor and vapor.
Anything larger than 1/16" should have cotton or silica threaded through or be completely wrapped in cotton (through-hole coils)
Anything wrapped around a mandrel smaller than 1/16" (16&20 gauge needle tips, 24&26 gauge wire, sewing pins) can be wicked by simply resting on a cotton bed and produce outstanding flavor and vapor.
Anything larger than 1/16" should have cotton or silica threaded through or be completely wrapped in cotton (through-hole coils)
I've just put the cotton on top of the coil and it work well on eJuices 50pg/50vg but when I used an ejuice higher in PG it leaked.
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