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Mark, If you could somehow paint the stainless steel pipes a matt black, you would get some additional cooling effect. Matt black radiates far more heat than silvery stainless steel. However, you would also have to be careful that the matt black doesn't pick up more radiated heat from any high temperature heat source such as an exhaust pipe close by.

This was a most enjoyable flight in a very nice aircraft in still air conditions. Thank you Bob!

We continued north and then headed east to the Gladstone region. The width (and beauty) of the valley can be appreciated here:

The flight then turned roughly northward and we passed west of Greytown and Carterton, close to the rural/town boundary with a portion of Carterton visible:

After flying south east, roughly parallel to the Tararua Range, we came to a position north of Lake Wairarapa, which looks somewhat brown just now. Five rivers from the valley drain into this and, because we have had a lot of rainfall over the last two months it has carried a good quantity of sediment into the lake:

The mountains received quite some snow last week and there is still a good icing sugar-like dusting of snow left on the higher parts of the range:

😉Our speed was a comfortable eighty knots:

First we flew first to the snow-capped Tararua Range which marks the western edge of the Wairarapa valley:

A few days ago, Bob (iBob) invited me for a flight around the picturesque Wairarapa valley in the Savannah that he constructed at his home. This oft-repeated quote is fitting for Bob’s beautifully constructer aeroplane. “Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that Noah, a lone amateur, built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic”. I believe that the attention to detail, and the level of finish, visible in Bob’s Savannah exceeds that of factory built planes. Here is a picture of his aircraft in flight:

This is an interesting idea. Because the inboard tanks on the Savannah show fuel levels visually, via the clear Rilsan tubes, do you just use this for the outboard tanks?

This 600 kg upgrade should open the market wide for Skyrangers. ✅

Two years! Time goes quickly, that's for sure. I hope you'll be airborne by Spring.

The above link is defunct: the replacement seems to be: Lithiumax 500CA RACE5 LCD Engine Starter Battery | Lithiumax 2020

Hi Andy, What kind of extra sensor systems have you added to your tanks?

Hi Luca, Are these (non-adjustable) seats an ICP option? ...or were they custom made just for you?

G'day Steve, It is so good to see your plane aloft! Life has gotten on the way for me as well but I try hard to do something to my Savannah every week if at all possible (rather tan closing the shed door for months at a time). I support your comments about other builders' experiences that they have so generously shared on this site. They have been most helpful to me as well so far. I hope you will be flying your plane yourself before long.

Does your Savannah have 10°, 20° and 30° flaps?

Sure thing❕

My progress can best be described as "slowly but surely".

That is a really nasty accident based entirely, so it seems, on the aircraft's ergonomics! I am glad that the pilot was able to exit as a survivor. I am building my Savannah with a tall rudder after weighing up what Steve, an Australian, (rankamateur on the forum) suggested. The extended rudder (along with long range tanks and vortex generators) were all developed in Australia and adopted by ICP, with the last-mentioned appearing on all of their aircraft.

That modified angled flap lever looks nicely made. I was wondering, however, is the "resting position" too close to the floor?

Very interesting: thanks for sharing.

Those blades come very close to the ground a number of times 😱. It's all way too close for comfort and safety.

DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME.

Furthermore, do you have a lighter, LiFePo4 (lithium) battery or the ICP supplied lead-acid battery?