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It's Official: All New Savannah S/XL Kits and Factory Built Aircraft now have a 600KG MTOW.

 

Existing S/XL's can be easily retrofitted with a negligible weight penalty.

 

See www.aerokits.net.au for more detail.

 

To all you Savannah owners.I am trying to find the certified MTOW of Australian built Savannahs.

The early slat models seem to be certified to 454Kg as per BMAA requirements.

 

I have seen the paperwork for one of these and it says MTOW 454kg but also states that it can go to 560kg if amateur built????? This does not seem right to me.

 

When / what mods were required to bring that weight up to 560kgs?

 

What does one need to look for if looking at earlier slat model aircraft that may or may not have had the slats removed and VG's fitted.

 

What is the MTOW of the VG (sold from around 2006) or later VG XL models?

 

Cheers

To all you Savannah owners.I am trying to find the certified MTOW of Australian built Savannahs.

The early slat models seem to be certified to 454Kg as per BMAA requirements.

 

I have seen the paperwork for one of these and it says MTOW 454kg but also states that it can go to 560kg if amateur built????? This does not seem right to me.

 

When / what mods were required to bring that weight up to 560kgs?

 

What does one need to look for if looking at earlier slat model aircraft that may or may not have had the slats removed and VG's fitted.

 

What is the MTOW of the VG (sold from around 2006) or later VG XL models?

 

Cheers

Hi everyone,haveing problems with fuel fumes in the cabin of my savannah,just wondering if anone else is haveing the same problems.I've checked all the fuel lines, joins and connections .Any advice would be great .Doesn't make the best flying conditions.Thanks Sam

Not all rubber fuel lines are created equal. I purchased a rather expensive electronic petrol sniffer and found that the fuel lines in my Savannah set the sniffer off quite easily. The plastic fuel tanks also set off the sniffer but not as mush as the fuel lines. After researching rubber fuel hose I discovered that most fuel hose has a rating of >10gms per sq m of permeability to aromatic vapours. However some purpose made fuel hose has a permeability of <1gm per sq m. The same US company makes both grades of hose so you need to have the correct grade to prevent that fuel smell from building up in the cabin when the plane is locked up in the hanger etc. The plastic tanks also emit fuel vapour but there is not a lot you can do except seal off the wing roots to prevent the vapour from entering the cabin. That still leaves the reserve tank which you can't do anything about except replace with a aluminium tank. However, not as much smell comes out of the plastic tanks as what comes out of standard rubber fuel hose so it is probably not worth worrying about. Spilling fuel around the fillers if they are not sealed against the top wing skin is also a big No No as it takes ages for the smell to evaporate out of the wings. And by the way there is a lot more to the yarn going round about the fuel smell in the factory Savannah at Broken Hill supposedly causing the owner to sell the aircraft. These forums seem to generate a heap of misinformation as well as the helpfull good stuff.

 

 

The new Savannah S kits and factory aircraft will have the extended baggage area provided you don't want a ballistic parachute.

 

 

Damian, the Savannah S will be available as a kit this year sometime. the cost will be about S3000 more expensive than the XL and will not have the extended luggage area for the time being. Nice look though. No difference in performance.

 

AeroKits.

 

 

Thanks,

 

I haven't heard of this manufacturer before.

 

They don't seem to be in production yet with a turboprop.

 

Will keep looking. Have contacted them though for advice.

 

RB

 

 

Thanks for the info RJM.

 

I have tried to contact Innoyn without success. Emails are returned.

 

Microjet are yet to reply to my enquiry but it appears they are not yet in commercial production.

 

 

Does anyone know of a manufacturer producing a 130 to 150SHP turboprop engine suitable for an ultralight??