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Hi Peter A lot of confusion about this. AIP sets out the requirements in Gen 3.4 para 4.16.1 "within Australian airspace, "group form" is the preferred means of transmitting call-sign/flight number......" 4.16.2 "Group form is the grouping of numbers into pairs, or where a number ending in '00' is spoken in hundreds ....." 4.21.1 d. for recreation-category aircraft, the aircraft type followed by the last 4 characters of the aircraft's registration number ( eg "JABIRU THIRTEEN FORTY SIX"). note - the capitals are as per the AIP, not me shouting. If the call sign was Jabiru 1200 the call would be "JABIRU TWELVE HUNDRED" Hope this clarifies the situation Cheers, Bill

Good point Motz, but if you maintain your aiming point and keep your wings level your ball will be in the middle. Or should be. Cheers B

Sorry - forgot to mention practice, practice , practice. It will become a natural thing if you persist in doing it right. Cheers Bill

To maintain a heading go back to basics - pick a distant aiming point - maintain aiming point with rudder (those things you rest your feet on) and use aileron only to keep wings level. This will also be the least tiring way of flying. As for height, airangel is right, trim trim trim. Cheers Bill

Just a thought - If you use a proxy there is still the software available to circumvent this and so make it useless. The down side is that you have now identified yourself as wanting to hide, and I believe that you will be flagged by the very people you were trying to hide from. My theory is to keep as low a profile as possible and hope I am lost in the millions of users. Don't draw attention to yourself. (IMUO) (In My Unqualified Opinion) Cheers Bill

Hi Garry I have just had a chance to catch up with the forums after a few weeks gap. I have been busy teaching people to fly Savannahs. I have a mate, Lawrie Strickland, who has a fuel flow meter in his XL, and this meant that he could not run the fuel return back to his tank or he would read the same fuel twice and so get a false reading. to get around this he fed his fuel return into a tee just before the boost pump, as is done in a number of other types. This seems to work well for him and is the method I will use in future. Hope this helps Cheers Bill

Hi Rob Great to see 4854 is getting a good work out - I have been flat out and am now training my first 2 suckers - er - students. Have 120 hours on the new Savvy and she is going fine. Are you still coming our way about Xmas. We are going to 1770/Agnes Waters from 22 to 27 Dec - flying if the weather permits. Let us know your itinery and we will try to catch up Cheers Bill

Hey Rach Great to hear you have progressed so far so quickly - have fun when you do the big nav exercise. I have not been keeping up to date on the forum - my new Savvy arrived a couple of weeks ago and I have been flat out with the start of my instructor rating. So much to learn, so little room left in my head. The new Savvy is beaut - but very plain, white all over, will have to put some colour on soon. Cheers for now and regards to Rob. Bill & Jen

way to go Rob - getting close to handling my strip. Cheers Bill

Hi Rachael and Rob, Bill is up at NorFly out of Monto for the weekend so I am replying to your great flying effort. Just keep flying and practicing and you will be a wizz in no time. Sorry to say I told you so when you were up here - but see it will and does come to you - this flying solo. Wish I could still do it but I will wait for the new training plane to arrive and see how my confidence is and perhaps I can do it again. Love to you both Jenni

Hey Rach, well done - gotta love that Savannah. Got word today my new one is completed and ready for shipment so about 8 weeks to go. I'm really hanging out. Again congrats and regards to Rob Cheers Bill

Great to hear it's happening for you Rach - keep up the good work Cheers Bill

Hey Mark - good to hear it's arrived - now the build starts - have fun (I know I always do) and let me know how you are going. I don't have a plane at the moment - factory built should arrive late July or so - in the mean time I am doing my PPL. Cheers Bill

Well done Rach - the value of a big yellow tick. Great to know you are enjoying flying her - for me withdrawal symptoms are really kicking in - the last few days have been perfect for flying Cheers Bill

- Savannah for sale Hi all Just a pointer to my ad for my Savannah which is for sale. I need to sell it to buy a Factory built one as I want to start training students in one. Go to 'Pilot Supplies' at the top of the page and then to 'Aircraft(Recreational)' Cheers Bill

Hi Flightygirl Welcome to Rec Aviation. The Savannah is a great plane - I am on my second, which is for sale as I need a factory built to go training in. Guess what - it will be a Savannah. Have a look under "Pilot Supplies" then "Aircraft (Recreational)". Might be just what you want. Cheers Bill

Hi Mark I have built a few Savannahs now - I have 140 copper (1/8"), 70 black (5/32") and 70 silver (3/32") clecos and have never really needed more. That said you can never have too many. I would normally be able to lend you mine but Domnic Court has them for his Savannah build. I also have two sets of cleco pliers, both out on loan. Cheers Bill

Hi Mark Great to see that you finally ordered a Savannah. Give me a call if I can be of any help. As you know I have always advocated etch priming in the past, however, as Reg Brost told me, the 6061 does not need it and if it is not done correctly it could even be worse than not doing anything. He supplies a great little paint roller that you fill with the supplied "black stuff". This will apply a 1" wide strip over mating areas and should be all that is needed. Look forward to you being in the ever growing Savannah group of owners. Cheers Bill

Hi Michel I don't have pictures of a trailor but just wanted to correct you. The Avid, Kitfox etc is not like the Savannah. The Savannah is a copy of the Zenith 701 with improvements. In Australia we have a copy of the Avid, Kitfox, etc, called the "Skyfox" (which has not been produced for many years now) and it's successor with tricycle landing gear called the "Gazelle" (also no longer in production). I would suggest you post on the Skyfox/Gazelle forum. You may get a better response. Cheers Bill

Congratulations and well done Ron. Great to have another Savannah flying. Your'e in for a lot of fun. Cheers Bill

While we are on the go, and just to digress slightly, I also get peed off with ads that don't include a price. If the seller dosen't want you to know the price up front there must be a problem with that price. My practice, no price, no enquiry. Cheers Bill

Better to ask a question and appear silly, than to not ask the question and prove you are. Cheers Bill

Cloudsuck - colour me deeply offended. Savannah ugly - never!!!!! I will accept "somewhat agricultural" but never ugly. Every time I fly mine she becomes more beautiful. As to fast - what is fast. I moved from a Flightstar (cruise 55Kts ), in which I did about 400 hrs, to a classic Savannah (cruise 75Kts ) and thought that was fast. Sold that after 157 hrs and built current VG Savannah (cruise 87Kts) and have done 380 hrs in this one. I think 87Kts is fast when the same aircraft is still flying at 25Kts. This enables me to land on my 140 metre strip (or my 80 metre cross strip if I have a 10 Kts cross wind on the 'long' strip) and yet be able to complete a 17 day trip around Qld in comfort - a trip completed 10 days ago. Not really offended but it is all in the eye of the beholder Cheers Bill

17 - I'm after one too Cheers, Bill

Just a thought but maybe can't see the forrest for the trees. It would take an exceptional drain to flatten a battery in 15 minutes. Sounds to me more like a problem somewhere in the supply line. This could include the starter. When it is warm it is not allowing current flow. The advice about using an auto electrician makes sense to me. I had a similar problem in my Savannah. I would often climb to 3500 feet and shut down motor to do some (short duration) gliding -losing about 450 feet per minute. Then I started having starting problems on the ground and immediately stopped airbourne shutdowns. After much searching finally found the problem was a swaged cable end - looked perfectly good and could never fault it with a meter but it seemed to fail under starting loads. Only found the problem by replacing leads one section at a time. Fortunately the problem was with the second lead that I changed. Have had no repeats for more than 100 hours - but still no airbourne shutdowns. Cheers Bill