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Viking Engine

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Re: Viking Engine

Postby MichaelFarley56 » Sun Jun 03, 2012 11:25 pm

I'm curious and mean nothing negative by this, but is anyone still considering the Viking for their project? I don't see too many people saying very good things about the company and support people are getting.

Just wondering... :|
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby rizzz » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:32 am

MichaelFarley56 wrote:I'm curious and mean nothing negative by this, but is anyone still considering the Viking for their project? I don't see too many people saying very good things about the company and support people are getting.

Just wondering... :|

It looks like he
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby rizzz » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:33 am

MichaelFarley56 wrote:I'm curious and mean nothing negative by this, but is anyone still considering the Viking for their project? I don't see too many people saying very good things about the company and support people are getting.

Just wondering... :|

It looks like he
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Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
First flight 7th of November 2015
Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby rizzz » Wed Jun 06, 2012 1:46 am

MichaelFarley56 wrote:I'm curious and mean nothing negative by this, but is anyone still considering the Viking for their project? I don't see too many people saying very good things about the company and support people are getting.

Just wondering... :|


Whoops, double, don't know what happened there...
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Taildragger, 2.4L VW engine, AeroInjector, Prince 54x48 P-Tip
VH-MND, CofA issued 2nd of November 2015
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Phase I Completed, 11th of February 2016
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby uteboy » Wed Jun 06, 2012 5:04 pm

Crikey mate, thats a helluva an echo ;)
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby fastj22 » Wed Jun 06, 2012 7:23 pm

rizzz wrote:It looks like he

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Re: Viking Engine

Postby radfordc » Sat Jun 09, 2012 4:30 pm

rizzz wrote:The latest aerobatics video he posted was interesting (I
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby rizzz » Mon Jun 18, 2012 9:47 pm

The Viking Onex receives a new cowling.
http://www.vikingaircraftengines.com/news/News.html
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Re: Viking Engine

Postby fastj22 » Thu Jun 21, 2012 11:33 pm

I think the new Viking Onex nose looks pretty damn good.
I will hold my final vote until we can see how it looks with the windshield and canopy.
I think it helps tremendously improving the boxy look of the Sonex.
To tell the truth, I don't like the Viking/Sonex cowl. It just doesn't look right. Too long, not flowing with the airframe. Maybe they can make it rounder like the Onex one.

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Re: Viking Engine

Postby rizzz » Fri Jun 22, 2012 1:34 am

This is the second version of his Onex cowling, if you click on the Sonex tab on the viking website and scroll about 1/3rd of the way down, you'll see the original Onex Cowling.
Maybe he'll do a version 2 of the Sonex cowling as well.
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