Savannah Karl

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.

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.

Thats great..actually there is a FB group as well for savannah owners. There is a post there that Dan3111 his nick on here posted. Your seatbelt attachments at either side need to be looked at. It just depends on your build manual and kit age. My XL that I built 6 years of which I have a thread on here I did one part right and the other part wrong..the manual has pictures in it that are wrong. I believe the later manuals have been changed. The S that I am rebuilding ( I also have a thread for that) the manual is also wrong but these are 2011 kits. Seems like the kit manual maybe of 2 years ago they have fixed it. There is a different bracket now for the inner (stick side)

Thats great..actually there is a FB group as well for savannah owners. There is a post there that Dan3111 his nick on here posted. Your seatbelt attachments at either side need to be looked at. It just depends on your build manual and kit age. My XL that I built 6 years of which I have a thread on here I did one part right and the other part wrong..the manual has pictures in it that are wrong. I believe the later manuals have been changed. The S that I am rebuilding ( I also have a thread for that) the manual is also wrong but these are 2011 kits. Seems like the kit manual maybe of 2 years ago they have fixed it. There is a different bracket now for the inner (stick side)

Sorry for the quick hammering of questions but you are the first to turn up with a Viking

Do you have to have a new cowl?..I thought it may not fit in the original also did Jan make the engine mount for you

How far is Akron from Zanesville?.. I maybe going to Zanesville to see a CNC guy when I go over to visit Rans

Please keep posting here there are a lot looking at the Viking...let us know your progress...maybe start a new thread in the savannah forum on here titled a Savannah with a Viking...post pics of your install previously if you have pics...it would be really helpful to a lot of people

We are all sitting back pondering on the Viking but the weight is the scarey thing...bare engine is 100kg !!!! add coolers and liquids maybe 120kg...thats a lot of weight out the front

There was a guy in the USA who has a 110 in a savannah...grant is his name or greg cant remember..it was on youtube

I am looking at a Rans S21 later next year but engines are the issue. The Viking 130 seems to be a great engine...there has been one failure and that is just recently...it was a engine sieze but that is the only issue I can find anywhere a lot of us are watching them to be a viable cheap alternative...the weight is the problem

Holy crap..80Kts (Hank) is going to love you. Have you run the viking yet...and do yo know the actual installed weight inc all coolers and liquids

Here is another view of that engine.