Today Jan posts on his Viking yahoo group:
Viking Aircraft engines will participate at the Zenith fly-in in Mexico MO this
month.
A wireing diagram was completed for the engine installation today. It will be
on the installation page of the web site for review and criticism sometime
tomorrow. The plan is to offer this as a completed module. It would have the
primary and backup switch, along with the ECU select relay, the fuse holders,
etc. mounted and pre wired.
The engine is not difficult to wire. Power and ground and it will run. It is
just nice to have a sound backup system.
Many updates are already available for the Viking and will be incorporated in
this next batch of deliveries. Most of these can be added to existing engines. A
page on the web site will outline these, as we progress. We test flew a 3
chamber muffler today and were able to maintain maximum power output with
further reduction of sound. The tailpipe strength was also increased to allow
for extensions to be added, if needed.
Tomorrow I will start with an explanation of other engine systems and
operational considerations.
Jan
The statement I've put in bold here concerns me.
Again this shows that the Viking is still under development, and should not be shipped to customers yet.
Also, I read from this that unlucky people who have already received their engines will not be able to install some of these updates.
I think this is it for me, I am not considering the Viking as an option anymore, I will go with my original plan and get me one of the VW conversions, not sure which yet.
I'm ordering my remaining welded components, incl. motor mount, next month or so, so that will be the final decision point.