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Maybe this increase in MAUW will make the belly pod a useful option to enable some of the increase to be carried as baggage etc? I see in the USA andIitaly they are offered as a factory option.

Does this mean helicopters engaged in aerial work, lifting, spraying etc, operating down to 15 or so minutes of fuel in order to increase payload are operating illegally? Common practice in my part of the world.

Ha Know in my family as a UGR........Unauthorised Gut Roll..... Just as well there's lots of useful load then...

Hi Everyone Does anyone know much about belly pods for Savannahs? I see that the ICP site lists them as a factory option. Seems to me that with 240kg of useful load it would be handy to be able to carry a bit more baggage at the expense of some fuel.

I note that the given length for a Savannah XL is 6600mm, with a tail width of 2490mm. Will removal of the rudder and propellor give sufficient reduction in length to fit in a 20 foot container? Is it possible to remove the horizontal tail to fit in as well? Thanks Peter

Hi Eighty Knots I'm considering all avenues including buying a used machine from Australia, syndication etc. And you would have noticed with the depreciation of the euro just what 25 -37k euro buys in Italy...... No doubt you followed the advertising and eventual sale of ZK-SAV last year, I looked at it but the timing was not quite right for me. The planning and scheming continues...........

Thanks for the advice everyone. I'm in NZ,had a PPL in a previous life and I've been very interested in Savannahs for some time now. There are not too many on the NZ register and none near me, though I did get the opportunity to fly in one last year. I've been thinking variously of importing a used aircraft from Australia or perhaps further afield, as well as considering the possibility of having an aircraft built to an appropriate stage overseas, then having it shipped and finished here. It's all part of the two year plan...... Peter

Hi everyone Can anyone tell me what is involved in dismantling a Savannah in order to fit into a 20 foot container? Or alternatively constructing to an appropriate stage to facilitate shipping in a container? Thanks