rankamateur Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 Try to unload some photos but saying to big which is a pain. Open your photos in Paint and use the Resize option. Try 50% and see how you go.
Blueadventures Posted June 30, 2016 Posted June 30, 2016 Thanks 88,With work, wind and rain I haven't been up as much as I would have liked. Well today I took time out with calm condition making it perfect for a few hours flying, flying from Lismore to Casino to do a few circuits before dropping in to see a mate who has his own strip. Try to unload some photos but saying to big which is a pain. Hi Guy Another method I use is to select the images and then select send to an email recipiant. They attach automaticly to an unaddressed email. Then I select all the images on the unaddressed email and copy to a folder. (mine is named reduced images) them I do the upload on this site and select from the reduced image folder. Cheers Mike
Guy s Posted June 30, 2016 Author Posted June 30, 2016 Thanks Steve and Mike, had a little play and think I've worked it out. cheers 1
eightyknots Posted July 1, 2016 Posted July 1, 2016 Thanks Steve and Mike, had a little play and think I've worked it out. cheers[ATTACH=full]44049[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]44050[/ATTACH] Fantastic!
IBob Posted July 1, 2016 Posted July 1, 2016 Dammit, that's the sort of thing that happens to me: one moment I'm on finals for the sealed strip, next I'm in some cornfield! well.....in my dreams........... 1
Guy s Posted July 1, 2016 Author Posted July 1, 2016 Well in my case it was Sugarcane :-) Flew another hour today after work, 7 and a bit total and soon the double figures I hope.
IBob Posted July 2, 2016 Posted July 2, 2016 Well in my case it was Sugarcane :-) Flew another hour today after work, 7 and a bit total and soon the double figures I hope. Great pics. And, yep, that's what I'm hoping to do: fly my a** off.....)
Guy s Posted August 3, 2016 Author Posted August 3, 2016 The first 2 photos is what happens when you leave the door open and overfill your tanks and it runs onto the door-BUGGAR Have since bought some fuel containers call Tuff which has Eliminated fuel spills all together with it's one way valve set-up. A great idea and I saw someone mentioned it on here somewhere and I google ( Geoff I think and Thanks ) Been doing a few trips down to South Grafton and thought I would show off with a few photos on this occasion with 4 other planes from the Casino Aero club flying together following the Clarence River from Tabulum to South Grafton local pub for lunch. After a good feed we took off for the coastal run and some Whale spotting following the Clarence River back to Yamba and back along the coast, then back home. Been very happy with the Savannah and have had no real problems apart from the door episode. Flying back I notice a mate of mine Savannah just pulled away from me and within a short time he was out of sight. since we both have the same prop-motor combo I still have some fine tuning on the pitch it seems. 3 1
IBob Posted August 3, 2016 Posted August 3, 2016 Aye, bugger about the door...but great to see you & her up and out there! How many hours on her so far? 1
Guy s Posted August 10, 2016 Author Posted August 10, 2016 Aye, bugger about the door...but great to see you & her up and out there!How many hours on her so far? 22 hrs so far Bob and another 3 to go (Oz regulations) then I can take a Passenger and do some serious cross country, Before the Savannah when I use to have to hire a aircraft I wouldn't do that many hours in a year. But when you have your own plane it seems to become a total different ball game in the time you spend flying. There a few of us from 2 local flying clubs who are keen on doing trips away, some just overnight trips to resorts (good the the women ) that cater for fliers to more adventurous trips further afield and sleeping under the wing or local accommodation. So really looking forward to sharing with people the same common interesting and the comraderie that goes with it. 2
IBob Posted August 10, 2016 Posted August 10, 2016 Great to hear, Guy. We have one Savannah locally, Peter, appears as Fallowdeer on here. He took me for a fly yesterday, and is busy cooking up a whole course of Savannah instruction (I think) for when I finally make it into the air. Hopefully this may be late summer, although I still don't have any real feel for how the time is running on this. Peter flies (almost literally) at every opportunity, and I hope to be doing the same. Yesterday we flew out to look at my place, did some good forced landing practice on the way back in lumpy country (we have a bit of that) then climbed up through a nice big hole and looked out to see Mt Ruapehu in the centre of the N Island, Mt Taranaki at the Eastern tip, and away down to Kaikoura in the S Island. Just beautiful with snow on them! Peter was coming today to see how a wingtip goes in...but it dawned clear and blue so he's up there again....somewhere... 1
eightyknots Posted August 11, 2016 Posted August 11, 2016 Great to hear, Guy.We have one Savannah locally, Peter, appears as Fallowdeer on here. He took me for a fly yesterday, and is busy cooking up a whole course of Savannah instruction (I think) for when I finally make it into the air. Hopefully this may be late summer, although I still don't have any real feel for how the time is running on this. Peter flies (almost literally) at every opportunity, and I hope to be doing the same. Yesterday we flew out to look at my place, did some good forced landing practice on the way back in lumpy country (we have a bit of that) then climbed up through a nice big hole and looked out to see Mt Ruapehu in the centre of the N Island, Mt Taranaki at the Eastern tip, and away down to Kaikoura in the S Island. Just beautiful with snow on them! Peter was coming today to see how a wingtip goes in...but it dawned clear and blue so he's up there again....somewhere... This is the view we had from our region this morning (taken from ground level, not from the air): 1
Guy s Posted August 12, 2016 Author Posted August 12, 2016 Not a bad view to wake up too, pretty cool really.
eightyknots Posted August 19, 2016 Posted August 19, 2016 Not a bad view to wake up too, pretty cool really. Yes, that was taken from my front window
Guy s Posted September 6, 2016 Author Posted September 6, 2016 Got your full rego yet Guy? Sorry I somehow missed this Steve and yes I have, the only problem now is I have that much work on and very little time to fly. Next Autumn,winter will be a goer with some flying trips. Better get yours ready eh 1
rankamateur Posted September 7, 2016 Posted September 7, 2016 Better get yours ready eh I was down at the hangar last thing, mine needs some love, some hangar time just for it. Needs a wash too, a lot of dust blows in off the gravel road.
Guy s Posted October 31, 2016 Author Posted October 31, 2016 Hi everyone,I've bee a little quiet for a while now and thought I just do update on the Blue Budgie, yep that's her name and I'm sure you can see the resemblance It all came together this weekend with a trip out to unique Lighting Ridge with another Savannah and a Jabiru from Casino. Martin who owns the Sav and the Casino club president Russell with his Jab and our wives all had this weekend free to make it happen. I was going to head out a day earlier to give us more time to relax and look around but the weather was a little ordinary on the friday. Next morning saw us all leaving at 7am with a few scuds of rain in the ranges to dodge but once pass Tenterfield it opened up to the beautiful sunshine. From Tenterfield we made a beeline to Moree for fuel and a break then onto Lighting ridge landing in time for lunch at the Bowling club then a 3hr guided tour of the area. Flying time from Lismore to the Ridge was 4hrs with a cruise of around 85 kts Again we were hoping to stay another night but the weather was looking very ordinary for late Sunday and monday so we decided to high tail it out around 9am with the plan to land for a wee break at rankamateur place (Russell in the jab decided to keep on flying back to Casino) . It was great catching up with Steve and his lovely wife for morning tea and a yarn and hoping to get Steve a little excited in getting his Savannah finished. Photos are 2 good looking planes at the Ridge with Maverick and Goose posing. underground tour with the crew and our guide with the red hat Lighting Ridge from air At Steve's place and hanger where we had morning tea. Cropping area just before we landed at Moree 2 1
IBob Posted October 31, 2016 Posted October 31, 2016 Wonderful....you guys are making such good memories....) 1
Guy s Posted October 31, 2016 Author Posted October 31, 2016 Thanks Bob and it is great fun traveling with other like minded people to share the experience. Next winter we're hoping to some bigger trips exploring our wonderful country. Sorry about doubling up on the photos, not sure what happen as a computer whizz I'm not.
IBob Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Guy, adjustable seats: I am currently fitting the panel/s under the seats, ST330/331, the ones with the rectangular hole in the middle. With the front of the panel clekoed in place, non of the holes on the left or right of the panel line up with the holes in the mounting brackets: that is, looking through the holes in the panel, I can't even see the holes in the brackets. I also cannot see how the back of this panel can be brought down far enough to be riveted along the back edge. I have been moving slowly on the Front Fuselage, all clekos, no rivets so far. I am pretty sure it is assembled correctly. Did you strike anything like this?
Kyle Communications Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Sorry Bob cant help its pretty different to mine but fitting the bracket at the rear of the tunnel on my version was a issue...you have to use the podger pretty hard to make it line up on the bracket that goes onto the top of the hump section
IBob Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Sorry Bob cant help its pretty different to mine but fitting the bracket at the rear of the tunnel on my version was a issue...you have to use the podger pretty hard to make it line up on the bracket that goes onto the top of the hump section Thanks Mark. I posted to Guy as he has the adjustable seats, but all input is very welcome! I'm taking a break, then going back to walk round it....
IBob Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Sorry Bob cant help its pretty different to mine but fitting the bracket at the rear of the tunnel on my version was a issue...you have to use the podger pretty hard to make it line up on the bracket that goes onto the top of the hump section Mark...this will be the part you were referring to. Hard to see how it's going to work: as you can see, the holes in back panel are level with the top of the tunnel, while the holes in the bracket are 12mm further up. I'm starting to think I may have an incorrect part here,,,but which is it???
Kyle Communications Posted January 28, 2017 Posted January 28, 2017 Yes thats the part....I think I did refer in my blog to it....basically the top of the hump gets flatted a bit otherwise it just wont fit...everyone who has built one has just done the same thing 1 1
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