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  1. eightyknots
    If, or rather when, I am going to build a plane it will be an assembly of parts rather than what you have been doing. Marty, I have great admiration for what you are achieving. Do you have any pictures of the process you have described above?
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    Solagard is an amazing product. Where I work we used to use "road paint" to mark the car park stripes. This lasts about 5-6 years in full sun. The problem is that the road paint is expensive and has some pretty bad fumes coming off it. We tried Wattyll Solagard and this is pretty much fume-free and it seems to be just a durable for car tyre wear and sun exposure as the road paint which is four times the price. "What'll they think of next?" It had never occurred to me to use Solagard as an aviation paint: it is a pretty tough product, once it has had a week of hardening, and remains somewhat flexible as HIC pointed out, a real plus. I wonder if Solagard can be applied to aircraft aluminium with a non-epoxy undercoat? (I am thinking of lightness)
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    I agree, but by that time there will, hopefully, a dedicated Savannah paint thread.
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    I will probably have to look into that too. I have size 12 feet and toe brakes scare me when the pedals are small. I actually prefer heel brakes for that reason (I am probably in the minority here). But with extended pedals that will make it a lot more useable.
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    That sounds like another mod to develop, Mark
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    Welcome to the forum Baz. We hope to see you here from time to time.
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    Welcome to the forum. We hope to see you here frequently. Hopefully your settlement will work out.
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    Welcome to the forum. We hope to see you here frequently.
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    Hi Mark, welcome to the forum. No doubt we will hear some more about your flying plans.
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    I always thought that the range of colour pigments would have been fairly close in weight. Is there really a difference in colour versus weight? And, if so, which are the lightest colours??
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    I have found a couple of NZ examples, ZK-TIA and ZK-JUG respectively: It is nice to save weight but I think that unpainted surfaces tend to highlight imperfections and panels that have not been riveted on perfectly flat. These pictures illustrate this.
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    On one of the Zenith threads some time back the oft quoted weight to paint a Zenith CH-701 is "12 pounds" to "16 pounds". That equates to 5.5 to 7.3 kg. The 701's fuselage is smaller than the Savannah XL/S is and the wings are shorter. I think the Savannah probably has 10% more surface area. Using the above estimates that would be (rounded) 6.1 to 8.0 kg. Do others with completed planes think that is about right?
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    Fantastic Mark. I will see you next month to pick up one (or two if iBob would like one) in Brisbane.
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    Good advice; the effect of a dark colour on the LE never occurred to me!
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    Marty, I admire you as well. Building from scratch is a massive undertaking. Next year, I hope to be joining iBob and other Down Under and assemble a kit of pre-formed parts into an aeroplane. Was the link to the partially polished/partially painted Savannah somewhere on this forum? If not, would you be able to post that picture here?
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    "It is possible to gain access to the luggage van both laterally, through a little door closed by dzusts, and at the back, through a little door fixed , when closed, by two safety fastener and two dzusts" [from ICP website] Does anyone have any idea what DZUTZTS are? Also, what is the load limit on these belly pods?
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    I wonder if the Zenith ones would fit in a Savannah? I also wonder how much lighter the Zenith tanks really are compared to the plastic Savannah tanks? Are we talking about a few hundred grams?
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    Is there any data on this? For instance: How much does the belly pod weigh? What is the belly pod's maximum load? How waterproof is this if used flying through rain? Any figures on the aerodynamic performance, belly pod vs no belly pod?
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    "Chinese characters number in the tens of thousands, though most of them are minor graphic variants encountered only in historical texts. Studies in China have shown that functional literacy in written Chinese requires a knowledge of between three and four thousand characters" source: Chinese characters - Wikipedia That makes our inconsistencies look like a piece of cake.
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    Great! Love it!!
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    Hopefully you will be fit to fly light aircraft for many more years!
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    I could be your first customer (but check with iBob, there could be two going to NZ in December) .
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    My father-in-law went for his annual checkup with his GP mid-morning one day in 2012. Later that morning he decided to do some tidying up in his back yard in readiness for his mowing contractor to do the lawn. The mowing contractor found him dead. He died of a heart attack only a few hours after the GP told him that his health was "great".
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    I may be one of your foundation customers. If you have them made by December, I will be in BNE to pick one up: no pressure:cheezy grin:. If they aren't too heavy, I could take iBob's one as I believe he lives in the same region in NZ as myself. That will be my first part towards my 2017 Savannah build!
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    Do you have any weight data on the various chutes suitable for the Savannah? I take your point about needing one for a low altitude situation. What worries me most is a mid-air bingle. A friend of a friend lost her life in such an event: Crash report 'singled daughter out' Once one of your wings rip off, there are basically no options unless you have a ballistic chute to help you save your skin. If such a chute requires quite a bit of altitude, it defeats the purpose.
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