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  • Birthday 22/04/1948

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    Savannah S
  • Location
    Wairarapa
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    New Zealand

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  1. IBob started following ENGINE COOLING SYSTEM - HELICAL METAL HOSE , Thermocouple/EGT Sensor , Kawasaki entering into aviation engine market and 1 other
  2. IBob
    This has K thermocouple temperature/voltage tables. You may be able to check at ambient with a good voltmeter: https://www.thermocoupleinfo.com/type-k-thermocouple.htm
  3. IBob
    I don't have much experience of other aircraft, but it seems to me the Savannah, basic as it is, is very well thought out in various ways. A credit to the original designers of the Zenith 701 and those who have developed and modified it since.
  4. IBob
    Hi Mark, I'm pretty sure that ICP made a similar adjustment to the stick pivot point. I think the problem emerged with the adjustable seats, not only can we sit further forward, but we are now sitting higher. My kit was dated Dec 2014. Here is a pic of my ICP handle, and beside it the ICP bracket that came with my kit. And the full flap position appears to have their stick vertical.
  5. IBob
    So far as I know, not yet, Skippy. But, given his history of providing solutions and improvements..................
  6. IBob
    I bought the excellent Kyle Communications 3 position brackets (above) and fitted this:
  7. IBob
    Skippy, it's not so much strength as the position of the flap handle now that we have adjustable seats that some of us have set forward. The earlier Savannahs had fixed seating, fully back, so it wouldn't have been an issue. As for how much flaps: the Savannah is pretty much a STOL aircraft if you want it to be. So it depends whether you're STOLing or not...........)
  8. IBob
    Interesting! 2030: I'll set my alarm (by the rocking chair......)
  9. IBob
    Someone has been trying to sell a couple of these here for a while. NZ$50 or 60K each, with very much to be done......
  10. IBob
    They're not shouldered...and it's a sh*t of a job. I cleaned the old sealant out of the thread in the head using a shotgun cleaning brush and acetone (I think that's right?) And initially I misread the manual and used the wrong sealant......so I did it twice. I don't know why Rotax don't do the same as the upper elbows, which just clamp down onto an o-ring, but I expect there's a reason...........(
  11. IBob
    There are online models for calculating the flow. Yes, the joints seem a bit clumsy, but they are a very simple, economical and reliable way to do the join. And the 'rubber' end may serve to buffer vibration. It's not too hard to support or secure it all to avoid major vibration.
  12. IBob
    aviatorpl I have messaged you.
  13. IBob
    Hi PeterB, ICP who manufacture the Savannah have been supplying the metal hose with their kits since 2014, perhaps earlier. So far as I know there have been no problems with it, and I would think we would have heard if there was. As you can see in the pic, it is terminated with short lengths of 'rubber' hose. It certainly allows for a very compact installation.
  14. IBob
    I wouldn't conflate the service style with the product. My position would be that you're wanting to buy a good product to do the job reliably: if that comes via a less polished sales outlet, yes that's pesky, but does that effect the product?
  15. IBob
    Yep, it's a nono..........but can happen......
  16. IBob
    Curious. I asked because, thinking of the various Rotax powered aircraft at our airfield, I'm not aware of any having that failure. No doubt there will be a limit to the design output: I see 13.5A quoted. There is also a potential problem (no pun intended) with turning off the master switch with the engine still running, in which case the DC output spikes. Or that's my understanding, hence the fitting of the external capacitor, to take the edge off that. Will that damage the regulator, or is that principally to protect avionics etc?
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