Super Viking

[Clip4]

That’s why I like them.. I wouldn’t want a Viking for $100,000..
I just bought a Cessna 175 that is in like new condition... Why? First I like being different... Second 80% of folks are scared of the GO-300 because idiots do not operate them correctly.
That means I get a really good performing airplane at a really low price

You are getting what you paid for, no more no less.

 

[tmyers]

You are getting what you paid for, no more no less.

What aircraft do you own?

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[iflyvfr]

As a lowly 172 owner I feel the BSV's owners pain. If I listened to all the naysayers, I'd have to remove a couple hundred hours of awesome cross country time from my log book .

 

[Glen R]

You are getting what you paid for, no more no less.

You're a world class jacka$$

 

[BryanAV8R]

I am looking at upgrading (yes, going from a spam can to a tube/fabric/wood machine can be thus) to a BSV. Had the same questions a lot of folks have about them and wandered through the VikingPilots fora...which led to a local gent (thank you, Mark S) offering to spend both time and fossil fuel to let me experience how the Viking flew.

WOW. It was a day when students weren't flying. We did. What would have been a jolting, uncomfortable ride in a 172 was quite different in a high wing-load, powerful airframe. Almost forgot what it felt like to fly a high-perf ride through the potholes in the sky. Not to mention taking a little over 15 minutes chock to chock to fly 25 miles away for a nice lunch...then hand-flew the full approach back to KPNE via ARD and the GPS transition.

I found, once trimmed, it's rock steady in both pitch and enough aileron authority and feedback to anticipate any roll correction. Coordination with that big rudder was a no-brainer. And, oh, a 149 MPH maneuver speed says a lot about the robustness of the structure. Not to mention cruise was almost 70% faster than my 172K when trimmed and running at 70%. Yikes; that can cut a significant time off my future 39N-KEWB trips.

That the interior of the one I'm looking at reminds me of my grandmother's parlor (crushed velour, etc...only thing missing was flocked wallpaper) for a 1978 ride, there are no tears, rips, stains, etc., and the controls seem logically placed (albeit the cockpit is NOT the most spacious...but then, it's not a cabin-class bird, either).

Yeah, I need to visit Dave Pasquale (drag the books and plane out to him; it was taken care of at Witmer's for most of its life, sold originally from Miller), and investigate further. Is it perfect? Nope. I love the Malibu. Remember when there was an emergency AD that forbade flying in IMC?
172 seat track recurring AD? Titan cylinders? NO plane is perfect.

But this one just might be a reasonable high-performance ride to displace the 172 from my hangar. We'll see.

 

[Skymac]

One will overlook the warts of a Viking when flying that magnificent airplane.

It is, by far, the nicest handling passenger light SE aircraft. Top of the list!!!

An absolutely solid flyer! I did a CFI checkride in one and it was always the most pleasurable aircraft to fly. I remember flying with IAS touching 200 with the feel like I was sitting in a prop driven fighter. I would pick a nice SV any day! Doing a CFI ride and keeping the gear from autoflopping down was a fun challenge but fun it was. I’ll fly another one any day!

 

[Busflyer]

Flew one for a guy years ago. It is a very well balanced, nice flying airplane. Probably my favorite single out there. Hope to have my own in the next few years. But yeah, the wings will probably fall off.

 

[Ranchoa]

Never owned one, never even flew in one but saw this SV and it’s mini me at Willits a few weeks ago. Damn nice looking aircraft.

 

[Rob58]

Don’t buy a Viking. You are asking for headaches.

We have been bamboozled! This phantom “clip4” is really a Bellanca lover, a huge fan. He desperately wants a BSV of his own but has never been able to master the skills necessary to fly anything more complex than an Ercoupe. He knows that all of us aficionados of the wooden wing wonder will come out of the woodwork (no pun intended) and defend this fine piece of aeronautical perfection. He gets a strange, somewhat unhealthy pleasure, out of creating conflict. We all bought into his scheme and this thread goes on...