Savannah Karl

My buddy working on the mixer.

It was nice getting these done. The ends were challenging and the manual wasn't that helpful. I

Sorry I'm going so fast through this but I'm trying to get back in the garage as we speak.

Working on tail feathers first.

My son with the first "completed" part.

I'm short on space so I mounted the box on wheels, cut the top in half and put hinges on it to make myself a movable storage space/workbench

Then came the big box.

I did it backwards and had the engine delivered first.

Well I did a welcome thread and was ask to open one with this title. I guess some are considering the Viking engine. I bought my Savannah kit a year ago in January and am about 300 hours into the build. I decided on the Viking 130 at the recommendation of a friend who had previously built a Savannah with a Rotax. He loved the airplane but thought the performance could have been better. He sold that airplane and built a Zenith 750 with a viking 110. So as you can see he has experience with both the Savannah and Viking. Anyway I took his advice and here I am. I'll try to catch the forum up with past pictures of my build up to now. If you have any questions please feel free to ask.

I have a 2015 kit and manual. But I'm not sure. Thanks for bringing this up I will check into it.

That's ok, I've been reading a lot of information here and it's helped me with my build. The least I can do is answer a few questions.

Jan did supply the engine mount. I'm using a 701 cowl. From my preliminary trials it looks like it will fit well. Maybe not as pretty as the new Savannah cowl though.

It's just under 2 hours to Zanesville from Akron.

Ok I'll do that, I have a ton of photos. Not a ton of time but I'll work on it.

Yeah I'm pretty nervous about it also. I'm mounting as much equipment as I can as far aft as I can for that reason. I'll let you know how it turns out.

Yes I've seen that video. I also have a buddy who put a 110 in a Zenith 750. He had previously built a Savannah before the S model came out. He is the one who originally recommended both the Savannah and the Viking 130 to me.

Yeah I heard about that one recently. I'm a little concerned about weight also. I've mounted my batteries as far back in the tail as I could. I did the same with the header tank.

Ha, not sure of the full wet weight but I weighed it when I got it and it was 224 pounds. That was with nothing installed. Although you can see its a pretty clean install.

Here is another view of that engine.