Neil_S

Hi, I have the adjustable seat as I am vertically challenged, so I have it forward, while my passengers usually have theirs back. I have a cushion too, so I find the comfort level fine. The flap lever is between my legs, and I have the central control column. The empty weight is around 310kg, but as I weigh only 60kg even with a full 140 litres of fuel (100kg) and 10kg baggage the TOW is 480kg. Could still have a passenger of 100kg and be below 600kg.... HTH, Neil

Hi Simon & , Good decision! Where will you be doing your learning? Cheers, Neil

Hi MajorTom, Welcome to the forums here, and I just know you will enjoy both the build, and flying, of your Savannah! That is one cool RC model you have in your picture - building the Savvy should be easy after that! Cheers, Neil

Gimme some!

Hi George, I always dip my tanks before flying so I have a good idea of total fuel. Then I fly on the inner tanks first, and if/when they reach about half on the wing root gauge I switch on both outer tanks. The level takes a little while to adjust, but then I just double the amount shown on the gauge. At the end of the day I find 140 litres to be plenty for most of my flying, and with just me on board most of the time I find I get a tad under 15 litres an hour cruising at 5000rpm, although I use the book figure of 18.5 for planning. If I haven't used the outer tanks for a while then I will switch them on anyway so the fuel gets used and doesn't get stale! HTH Cheers, Neil

Hi Gio and welcome, What sort of flying do you do? Cheers, Neil

Welcome from another old self-funded retiree, but one who has only ever flown single-engine day VFR! Look forward to hearing more....

Hi Tex, Welcome back! Let us know how you go.... Cheers, Neil

Hi Karen, I have just had a look at your blog and found it really interesting and useful. Thanks for sharing! Cheers, Neil

Welcome back, Phil! Is that you flying the Lancaster? Cheers, Neil

Hi Ari, I have visited Finland a few times (Taavetti) as my wife is from there! Lots of trees and lakes - not many options for wheeled planes! I guess floatplanes are quite popular? I like the look of the Groppo Trail - especially with the folding wings. I used to have a Skyfox Gazelle which had folding wings. I see Inkoo is near the coast, west of Helsinki - will you put floats on your plane? Cheers, Neil

Hi mhurston, Welcome! Tell us where you will be learning, and what you will be flying... Cheers, Neil

Hi Jochen, Welcome! I am sure a few nice dinners out will work! My wife even let me put the cars out on the driveway so I could build in our garage Good luck! Neil

Hi Denis & , Go for it! You will not regret it! I fly out of Penfield and come up to Bendigo quite frequently - it's a good location. Best of luck with your flying training - keep us informed of your progress. Cheers, Neil

I recently started watching a program called "Airplane Repo" on Channel 9GO (93) on Wednesdays at 8.30 - quite amazing. Based in the US (of course), about guys who work for the banks "recovering" planes (and boats) with outstanding repayments by basically stealing them from under the "owner's" nose. Needless to say, the "pre-flight" checks done before they sneak a take-off are quite interesting. A few back episodes are available on 9 Catch Up. Also noticed a program coming up on Saturday Jan 7th on 7Mate at 7.00 called Guy Martin's Spitfire - looks very interesting too....

Hi Riley, I had the same issue when I took the course a while back. You are supposed to get the info, so I gave them a call and was told they were working on fixing it. Shortly afterwards they (manually) sent me the ones I got wrong. So I got there in the end :) Cheers, Neil

Congratulations! As a Savannah S owner I can say without reservation that you will thoroughly enjoy both building and flying your Savvy! Keep us updated with your progress... Cheers, Neil

Hi Todd, No idea about the Thruster, but wanted to say , and you have made a good decision to learn to fly! Good luck with whatever you end up flying.... Cheers, Neil

Welcome, Ryan! Whereabouts in Melbourne are you based? Cheers, Neil

Hi Matt, I use an iPad mini with AVPlan on a kneeboard in my Savvy. Diagonal screen size is 8". Works fine for me. Can show you if you like. Cheers, Neil

I believe it's called "maximizing profits", and in a capitalist society any non-charitable company does it to get the biggest bang for their shareholders etc. Insurance companies are not there to be nice and sympathetic, they are there to make the biggest profits they can. Not sure this is ever going to change.....

I have a GME MT410G Accusat PLB from CH Smith Marine - $289. Link :- GME MT410G Accusat PLB with GPS Have it in the top pocket of my overalls when I fly.

And Latin has 3 genders and 6 cases (7 if you include the locative, eg at home), so that's 18 ways to say "the" ....and that's just the singular, then you have plurals..

Hi Nev, I always found German easier to learn than other languages as it followed the "rules" more rigidly than others. Latin taught me much more about English than any of the English Language classes at school - I had no idea what declensions, conjugations, moods, voices etc were until I learnt Latin. It has also enabled me to guess the meaning of a number of French, Italian and English words! I just remember disliking it at school, maybe because the Latin master was very strict! Cheers, Neil

If, like me, you had been forced to learn Latin at school you would have learnt every possible construct of language, and would know yer subjunctive from yer periphrastic..... ....and if you want logical, ordered stuff then you can't go past ze German. Time, manner, place. And the words - e.g Fernsehapparat is a television, literally a remote seeing apparatus! Gotta love it.