Wag-Aero Wag-a-Bond (Classic / Traveler)
These figures describe a typical build. Each aircraft of this design was built by its owner, and the one you are looking at may differ.
The Wag-a-Bond is Wag-Aero's 1978 plans-built replica of the Piper Vagabond: a side-by-side two-seat steel-tube-and-fabric taildragger with a 29 ft 3 in wing, offered as the Classic (the PA-15 for small Continentals) and the Traveler (the PA-17-style version with more engine choice). The Classic figures are 83 knots cruise, a 39 knot stall, 625 fpm and 550 lb useful on 1,250 lb.
This is a plans aeroplane and 722 sets of plans do not make 722 identical aircraft: the engine (65 to 115 hp), the tanks, the gear and the finish are each builder's, the empty weight follows, and the Classic and Traveler differ in structure, so the aircraft's own weight-and-balance, its logs and a careful look at the welding and fabric are the record; the figures here are an encyclopaedia's for the Classic. It is a slow, light, honest Cub-era aeroplane that insures as a tailwheel homebuilt and can be owner-maintained with an A&P condition inspection. No asking price could be established from the marketplaces read.
Variants of the Wag-Aero Wag-a-Bond
- Wag-a-Bond (Classic / Traveler) · 1978 · 47 active · this page
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TAILFAX SCORE
Partial: 8.6 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)
Among 1–2 seat pistons (321 models)
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What it is
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Landing gear | tailwheel |
| Engines | — |
| Engine | Continental A-65 class (65-115 hp fitted) |
| Horsepower | 65 hp |
| Fuel | — |
| Certification basis | amateur-built |
| Production start | 1978 |
| Production end | — |
| Endorsements required | — |
Performance
| Cruise (75 % power) | 83 KTAS |
|---|---|
| Range (75 %, standard fuel, 30-min reserve) | — |
| Service ceiling | — |
| Climb rate | 625 ft/min |
| Stall speed (Vso) | 39 KCAS |
| Takeoff over 50 ft | — |
| Landing over 50 ft | — |
Load and fuel
| Seats | 2 |
|---|---|
| Useful load | 550 lb |
| Full-fuel payload | — |
| Max takeoff weight | 1,250 lb |
| Empty weight | 700 lb |
| Usable fuel | — |
| Fuel burn at cruise | — |
Cost of ownership
| Price, low | — |
|---|---|
| Price, high | — |
| Prices as of | — |
| Engine TBO | — |
| Overhaul cost, low | — |
| Overhaul cost, high | — |
The fleet and its record
| Registered, all time | 69 |
|---|---|
| Active fleet | 47 |
| Median year built | 2012 |
| NTSB events, last 10 years | 1 |
| Fatal events, last 10 years | 0 |
| Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years | 21.28 · thin base (low)1 |
| Personal-flying events per 1,000 active | 21.28 · thin base (low)2 |
| Ownership transfers, last 24 months | 9 |
| Transfers per 100 active | 19.15 · thin base (low)3 |
| Airworthiness directives | 1 |
| Directives, last 5 years | 0 |
| Rate confidence | low |
- Events per 1,000 active, last 10 years: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 47 active.
- Personal-flying events per 1,000 active: per 1,000 active aircraft · base 47 active.
- Transfers per 100 active: per 100 active aircraft · base 47 active.
Peer scores6
| Peer class | Fixed wing single-engine, piston, 1 engine, 1-2 seats |
|---|---|
| Accident record | —1 |
| Severity | —2 |
| Access | 0.9 of 103 |
| Support | 3.3 of 104 |
| Liquidity | 4.4 of 105 |
| Overall (sum of the categories shown) | Partial: 8.6 out of 30 (safety not scored, too few records)6 |
- Accident record: class median 36.69 · 321 models in class.
- Severity: class median 13.04.
- Access: class median 1,000.
- Support: class median 77.5.
- Liquidity: class median 20.
- Each of the five categories places the model within its peer class, from 0 (the worst of the class) to 10 (the best): a position among comparable models, not a grade. The overall score is the sum of the categories shown that are scored, out of 10 for each (50 when all five are); it is given only when at least 4 of the five are scored, and it can be set against another model's only when both are in the same peer class and scored on the same categories. When accident record and severity cannot be scored because the model has too few records, the other three give a partial score out of 30, labelled as such; it is never set against a full score.
Data as of: FAA registry Sep 28 · NTSB Oct 2 · ADs Oct 8 · scores Sep 30