Phillip King

Hi Geoff What do you think of my barn find 97 hours on the clock needs a bit of clean and engine looked at.Do you think the 701 will mind sharing the same shed space for few weeks . Can you pm your phone numbers slashed my phone last week?How is your 701 Going. Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff, What have you been up to? Have tried a few times to ring but it went to message bank. Give me a phantom if you are about. Cheers, Phil.

Hi Geoff, Has been a bit windy down here, missing a few chooks, haven't seen them down your way have you? p.s they're brown ones

Hi Geoff Thanks for the info will chase up some bolts this week. Hi Derek You 701 is looking great.What prop pitch have you put on your plane? will be interesting see how it goes. Cheers Phil

HI Marty How is your build going?What part of Tassie are you based? I was in Hobart last week for 4 days.Great spot.

Hi Geoff Sorry for the slow reply,I have stainless d shackles with bolt and nut and cotter pins on all the control cables. Had to alter my cowl for the exhaust not happy but all done,next job is to drill and tap mounts for throttle and choke cables,made up exhaust brackets and need to order the bolts for the prop. Where do you buy your prop bolts from and what size battery do you think i need for my 582? Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff Thanks mate that will be good. got the new bungee today its to big so they are sending another one, Going to put the engine on today, waiting to here back from Bert flood regarding the oil eject, bit of sanding of the cowls. Blowing a gale down here got wet twice so home for the day.Cheers Phil

Hi All Your wing mounts look great Geoff very nice welding job. I am waiting for the new bungee then i can start mounting the engine back on, all the bolts and spacers are drilled for safety wirer, throttle and choke cables made up, cowl nearly done,only need to make up a battery holder. Have cut and shaped new dash only need to cut holes for gages.What do you use to cut holes and what size and type of battery do what i need for the 582? cheers Phil

Hi Geoff Some more pics Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff Yes mine are the Zenith supplied ones going to stick with them see how they go, Got one side of the seat brackets finished last night going out to do a bit on the cowl tonight.I have a new radiator, mounting it in the front have cut the hole now making a scoop for it.Cheers Phil

Hi paulh Thanks for the encouragement.

Hi EK Have been slowly working on the 701 i am so time poor these days drives me nuts.I have spent too much time on the cowl ,changing my mind where to put the radiator and all the bits and pieces that go under the cowl but getting there. If you are going to build a plane you need 30 hours or more a week otherwise it will take to long and you will loose interest that is my thoughts anyway. Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff Thanks for the pics.I have started making the brackets.Went for a quick fly in my mates sav on the weekend 2 minutes flying from the airport over the beach and 7 whales in the bay what a great sight. Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff I have a mate that has a spare split radiator, going to pick it up tomorrow see if i can work it into the cowl, if it fits i will order one on ebay, I was talking to a fella that services the carbon cubs today he was saying that some have only done 200 hours and are falling apart, being so lightly built they cant handle the horse power.Bugger was going to buy one when i win tatts will have to stick to the 701. Cheers Phil ps any 701 builders reading this site how is your build going ?

Hi Geoff What you up to on the 701?I have got the shape of my cowls right and the z channel in and my dash pulled apart but work is keeping me busy. Went for a couple of flights on the weekend. Did you hear about one of our club members had an engine out in his jab 430 in a remote area in capeyork , landed the plane safe it was a through bolt broke.This guy has spent big bucks on the motor water cooled heads the lot he must be pissed.Do you no any body that has used the split motor bike radiators for a 582 i want to try and keep the radiators inside the cowls if i can the raditor that i got off Tom is a bit hard to hide under the cowl. Cheers Phil

Thanks guys for the info, great help will pass this onto the owner. Cheers Phil

Savannah battery location Having trouble starting when battery voltage is slightly down ,have checked voltage drop when starting with fully charged battery losing 4.7 volts because of the leads we think. Battery is located at the rear of the plane. Has any body had the same issue?

Hi Geoff Had a chat to to our l2 today about your engine running rough with both ignitions he said to check your earth could be the prob Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff Not done much on mine colly from nz has sent some great picks of the 582 in his 701 .Thats a bit of bad luck about the starter motor. hope its not a costly fix. Cheers phil

I do a bit of flying in the sav witch does fly nose high. have not had a fly in a 701 (can not wait)but looking at youtube the 701 flies the same, time will tell. Cheers Phil

Its a Stol plane the bigger the prop the better so higher the prop line the more ground clearance Cheers Phil

Hi Derek Like the pics looks like you are doing a great job on the plane I like the way you have done the the cowl, did you fabricate the hole thing yourself? Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff Some up update photos on the 701. Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff After looking at the broken wing mounts on the sav.Your inspection holes are a good idea.I striped the paint of the engine mount and welded another top plate, one hole did not line up. I mounted the engine last night but it did not want to mount flush up against the aluminum mounts the rubber engine mounts are stoping it going all the way up, do you have spacers in between Cheers Phil

Hi Geoff It is sad when you lose some body close to you.Mate i done a bit of flying with died last week only 2 years older than me . There seams to be a plane going down every week .Do you no what went wrong with the plane Wayne was flying? Cheers Phil