Wag Aero Wag A Bond 1999 1999 Wag A Bond PROJECT. This Wag A Bond is a Piper PA 17 Vagabond clone.



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Condition: Used Make: Wag-Aero Wag-A-Bond
Model Year: 1999
1999 Wag-A-Bond PROJECT. This Wag-A-Bond is a Piper PA-17 Vagabond clone with dual doors and dual controls. Empty weight 711 lbs. The wings are Piper aluminum spars and ribs. The fuselage is a factory welded frame as far as I can tell. TT since new 129 hours. A-65-8 engine 200 hours TOH. Compression 75,78,78,78/80 psi. Hot idle oil pressure 23 psi. Hot oil pressure in cruise 38 psi. Dual impulse magnetos with new shielded plugs last annual. Engine is really easy to start and great compression is evident when the prop is pulled through. Very strong running engine with good climb performance. Current annual inspection dated August 9, 2015. Aircraft damaged on landing when bolt-on shock strut fitting failed. When the fitting failed, the aircraft was probably going about 30 mph directly into a 15+ mph wind. The engine was shut down but about the same time the right wingtip touched the ground before full opposite aileron took effect. The aircraft started turning to the left with full aileron deflection, the wind got under the right wing, and left wing tip caught the turf. This further turned the aircraft tail into the wind and as the aircraft stopped, the wind blew the plane up on its nose. Damage is shown in the before and after pictures. There is no apparent damage to the gear or the shock strut other than the bolt-on attachment fitting that failed. The gear is shown before the new fitting and the shock strut were re-installed. Both wing tips should be easy to repair. The wing tip bows show no sign of damage and neither do the spars as the impact was at a slow speed. The original aluminum wing tip fairings could straightened, but this project comes with a nice pair of Piper fairings to replace the dented ones. There may be some damage to the wing tip nose rib that will need repair once the old fairing is removed. The Ceconite fabric could be patched, but the wings will probably look nicer if the wing tips have new fabric. This will take about a yard of fabric for each wing and is a fairly simple job. The front of the aircraft will need more extensive repair. When the wind pushed the plane onto its nose, one blade of the Sensenich 71x43 propeller was bowed. The leading and trailing edges are perfect with no dings, nicks or scratches since the engine wasn’t running when the plane blew up on its nose. A prop shop will be able to straignten the propeller to take the bow out. The boot cowl was damaged where the exhaust pipe bent backwards denting the firewall. Repair will require unbolting the motor mount at the firewall and removing the engine (FWF) in order to pull off the boot cowl. There are three options at this point. Straighten out the dented boot cowl and re-install, or construct a new boot cowl according to Wag-Aero plans that are included with this project, or buy a new boot cowl from Wag-Aero or Univair. The carburetor air box needs to be replaced with a serviceable unit from eBay or a flymart or possibly repaired. The lower cowling is dented and the fiberglass nose bowl is cracked, but repairable. The lower cowling could be straightened, but it is probably just as easy to make a new one from plans or by using the dented one as a pattern. The tail pipe is a separate piece from the muffler and will need to be replaced. There is no other damage to the airframe, landing gear, lift struts, tail feathers, windshield, fabric, etc that I noticed. Because this plane is licensed experimental, an owner can do the repairs. Out of packet cost might be as little as $500-$700 to get the plane back into flying condition. Recent title search shows free and clear title. All log books and the airworthiness certificate go with the airplane. This is great opportunity to get a very low time fun flying airplane for a bargain price. Aircraft is hangered in Kirksville, MO Current date: 2016-04-11