Hi Johan, prob easier to tell you what wasnt damaged....HENNING JOHAN wrote:Bundy about the wing.What was damaged?How does the sail look?I know that the tubing had to bend.Are you going to buy or repair the wing?Good progress on your project!
From what we can see, the battons will be able to be used as well as the starboard side spreader bar, the control bar/pivot joints etc are still ok as well as the luff lines and landing cables. Everything else (tubing wise) is kaput.
The plan is to send the entire wing as is down to Solowings and get a price on the complete rebuild including a brand new wingsail and then weigh up the options from there. If the re build will cost more than R45K... then I am inclined to rather pay in the balance and get a brand new complete wing (R53000
). The reason for this is that a rebuild will consist of old and new components....the wing is only as "new" as its oldest component? This is why if the price is close to the cost of a complete new wing then I would rather pay the extra and know we have 0 hrs on the wing 
The wing (as I see it) is the most criticle part of the trike, something I am not willing to take a chance on just to save a buck or two... 
We have now ordered everything we need for the undercarriage assembly. I really need to get the bottom half rolling down the runway with the 582 mounted and the new propeller in. Once that is done we will know that all we need to do is fit a wing.
Because of the cost, there is a good chance we will have to spend a month or two and wait until the budget is avalable for the new wing...gonna be a go kart driver for a while. Not too worried as I will be doing a bit of "advanced training" with Fanie and Mervyn at Skyriders in the interim, just to make sure I dont lose too much competency. 
Items replaced on the undercarriage include:
Boom
Pylon (new)
Drab struts (new)
Engineframe
Bowsprit (new)
Profile tube (new)
Axle tubes and axles (new)
Seat frame RHS (new)
Shock RHS (new)
Shock covers and front mud guard (new)
Hang plate assembly (new)
Front fork
There are a few other "aesthetic's" we still need, Air magic system, Vee rabbit needs a new "ear" but those are not critical at this juncture....Budget on the undercarriage repairs is R35k, but it looks like we will do the whole thing for slightly less
We are almost there and just waiting on a few things now. I am sure we can re assemble everything within a week or two after we get the necessary items....I now have a hugely improved understanding of the various components and how they all work together. It has been an expensive, but very educational experience so far.
