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    Steve: are you getting closer to fully decoding the it-Alien manual (and by implication) completing your build?
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    Savannah kit content - parts list and size of sheet materials -has anyone come up with a definitive parts list?
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    I have seen these items at $2 shops from time to time as well.
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    Is this a coded way of saying you like M &Ms, Heather?
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    :welcome:to the forum Crispin. I am sure we will hear more about your gyroplane/autogyro/gyrocraft/gyrocopter adventure.
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    I found the video: The bit I was referring to starts around the 1:30 mark on the video clip.
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    Hi u2flyboy. Nice to hear from you. I was really taken by a Land Africa video I watched about 7 or 8 years ago. It is the youtube clip where someone lands on an intersection and then manages to turn within the intersection to (the pilot's) right. It is an impressive plane but it looks very similar to an earlier version of the ICP Savannah. Welcome to the forum!
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    Hello AshBell. Good to see you. I may need an aviation project manager when I start building my Savannah later this year G'day Gilbert. A warm welcome to you in the Land of the White Sands from me here in the Land of the Long White Cloud.
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    Hi Asterix, to Recreational Flying. I take my hat off to Marty (above) who is building a plane from plans. As he pointed out, kits are another option but clearly a more expensive choice. Regards, eightyknots
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    Hi Goods85. I didn't know there was a northern Woodford. I am only familiar with the one somewhat west of the Sydney metropolitan area in the Blue Mountains. :welcome:to the Forum.
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    Welcome to Recreational Flying Sam the Swiss. We hope to hear more from you about your flying plans.
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    Hi Luke, Keep us posted with your progress. Welcome to the Forum.
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    Soon to be released under the brand name Bex 2017 at an aeromotive engine dealer near you.
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    Welcome Hughesy!
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    The website is: Savannah NZ
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    Hi TFS. I spoke to Reg, at his farm, about six months ago and there was no suggestion that he was going to sell the Savannah dealership. Perhaps Kyle Communications will buy the business?
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    Similarly, after John Gilpin (JG3 from this forum) started to remove slats and fit Savannah Classic planes with vortex generators, lo and behold, ICP produces the Savannah VG not so long thereafter. Nevertheless, I count this as a positive. Aircraft companies willing to incorporate continuous improvements -even borrowing good things from others- is just the company I wish to be associated with. ICP appears to be such a company.
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    That makes a lot more sense! The Model A engine (around 40 horsepower) had around twice as much power as the engine from the Model T (somewhere between 18 and 22 horsepower).
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    Hopefully not for too long.
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    That sounds great! Are there any pictures?
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    The model T engine was really interesting in that it ran on a variety of fuels. In the 1980s when all the hype of "multifuel engines" came to Australia it made me laugh somewhat. What they meant by multifuel at the time was that it ran on (a) petrol; and (b) LPG. On the other hand, the Model T engine was a true multifuel engine. It could run on gasoline, alcohol as well as on kerosene and heating oil. Before fuels were properly standardised in the United States, it was a very versatile engine to have. The only problem with putting the engine in aircraft was that it did not have a lot of power. Most of the time, when power was measured it was around the 18-22 hp range. I think this would have barely lifted the Pietenpol off the ground. A second problem is that the fuel burn was pretty high, similar to the fuel burn of today's 80 hp Rotax. The third problem is that the T motor relied on the thermosyphon effect to circulate water in the cooling system, that is, it had no water pump. On a sizzling summer's day, after a lengthy hill climb, many Model Ts ran very hot. I would hazard a guess that putting a Model T engine in an aircraft would have led to overheating problems unless an oversized radiator was used along with a water pump.
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    Henry Ford really revolutionised the manufacturing industry and made the idea of making complex items using a production line the way to make things consistently and accurately. However, he was not the first. In the United States, "the land of the free", it was always considered that people had the right to bear arms, guaranteed by the Constitution. This required a lot of arms to be made. So, well before Henry Ford, the arms manufacturers in the United States already had a well developed production line system that worked successfully. BTW: I like Henry Ford's statement: "When everything seems to be going against you, remember that the airplane takes off against the wind, not with it..."
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    Keep it up: you're doing well.
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    Welcome hangdoc. I am planning to build a Savannah starting later this year (when I can get a couple of months off work). I have researched many kinds of aircraft and, no matter which I looked at it, the Savannah continued to tick most of the boxes for me.
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    Does ICP ask for the lightening holes to be flanged with a Bob Stick like this (as the Bear Hawk designer insisted) or is this a nice-thing-to-do exercise?
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