Eureka! Found a Wing!

I finally located a wing for my trike.  It is a 17m Gibbogear Manta, purpose built, strutted trike wing.  It will fly faster than the Northwing Stratus, and will also handle turbulence better.  The wing has low hours (60) and with the red and white color scheme, it should be purdy as well.  This will be my first strutted wing.  The strutted wings generally have slightly better performance characteristics (topless), at the cost of some additional weight.
I have heard a lot of good things about the Manta....so I am excited to check her out.

The wing is in Utah.  I was able to make a reasonable deal on it with the owner Tony, and found a good freight rate through a company called Case Stack.  It is being picked up today, in its original 18' x 1' x 1' box, and should arrive here in Oregon early to mid next week!

Back to Work!

Boy, it has really been a while since I have posted here.  The ugly fact of the matter is that I haven't had a lot to post.  So...time to get back at it, and get my lazy okole (Hawaiian for rear end) in gear.

I decided that the RV storage in Creswell was not going to really work out for long term storage and aircraft renovation.  So I made the decision to move my various aircraft to a new undisclosed location up north.

Yesterday (Sunday) was a nice sunny day, so I started the process by moving my Kawasaki 340 trike, and some Mitchell Wing components to the new spot.  The new location is completely enclosed, and offers better work areas as well.

After arriving, I gave the trike a good washing and proceeded to fire her up.  I primed the fuel, checked throttle to be in the low position, choked the carb, turned on the ignition, and started to crank her.

After several vigorous pulls, she fired right up.  I ran her for 10 min-15 or so, at low to medium rpms, then shut off the fuel and ran her dry.  Temps on the EGT gradually arose as expected and I shut her down when I started to reach 1100 degrees.

Next step on the trike is to some minor polishing here and there, but as soon as I can match up a wing....she will be ready to fly.  I am currently on the lookout for a North Wing Stratus, which should be a good match.

Hopefully, next weekend will provide good weather and I will move the Mitchell Wing up north as well.