Flyingphot

I have owned a savannah with slats and flew 157 hrs. Sold it as I got an offer I could not refuse. Then built VG savannah and have now flown 170 hrs. Differences - about 1 knot higher stall (23Kn as opposed to 22Kn with slats) - 9 Knots extra cruise (88Kn as opposed to 79Kn with slats @ 5100rpm) - this gives a fuel saving of about 12%. The flying characteristics are much the same but on short field landing the slatted version tended to drop out rather suddenly during hold off, whereas the VG version tends to float just a little. This seems to make the landings just that little bit smoother. I fly from a 3 acre property on which I have a 140M (450foot) main strip and 80M (250 foot) cross strip so all my landings are short field. I use the main strip up to about 15-20 Knots cross wind. More than this and I use the cross strip. My advice - go for the VGs every time. Happy Flying Bill

Gday all I'm not new to flying (easy) but am very new to this forum thing(anything but). This is my first try so I'll probably get it wrong. My name is Bill Grieve and I have been flying rec a/c for just on 20 years, with a few gaps. Have just over 800 hrs. I now fly a Savannah VG (160hrs in 12 months), prior to which I had a Savannah Classic (157hrs in 15 months) and before that a Flightstar 2 place (400 hrs in 3 1/2 years). I live at Beerwah in Qld on the Sunshine Coast where I have 3 acres with a 140m main strip and 80m cross strip (strictly Savannah territory). I have assisted in the building of 3 other Savannahs and am getting to know them. I will attach a pic of my lastest a/c if I can. Happy Flying Bill