Fat Tire STOL Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Greetings, I am an A & P working on an \ Savannah S repair, in trade for partial ownership, hopefully. Anybody here have the Savannah Tailwheel conversion? Any comments on performance tailwheel vs nose wheel? Thannks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yenn Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Welcome. You will find several Savvy owners here, although I am not one of them. They are a very competent plane for short field work. I have never seen the tailwheel version but it should be good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 (edited) Hi FTS. There are quite a number of Savannah owners and pilots in this forum or, like me, Savannah builders. There is a plentiful supply of Savannah information on this great Rec Flying site which is worthwhile reading. Edited November 23, 2020 by eightyknots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old man emu Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Link to Downunder's post: https://www.recreationalflying.com/topic/35896-how-many-savannah-s-taildraggers-in-nz-aust/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IBob Posted November 23, 2020 Share Posted November 23, 2020 Fat Tire, click on the '12 replies' in the above post and you will see comments from this earlier thread on the tail dragger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fat Tire STOL Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 So I have been in contact with the factory, and they say the conversion is doable, doesn't sound like a huge deal. I got to see the fuselage to the airplane tonight, and there is very little damage to it. The logs are a little limited, have to see what's going on with them, but the most hours the plane could have on it is 200 TTAF. It has 8.00 X 6 mains and nose wheel, so it's kind of ready for off airport use. Coolest thing is ownership will include a heated hanger and a 2000' geass strip! Now if we can just get parts. Supposedly they should arrive around year end. I think the original owner wants to leave it a nose wheel airplane though. With a deal like this, I can't be bitchy about it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eightyknots Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 A 2000 foot airstrip is probably too long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Downunder Posted November 24, 2020 Share Posted November 24, 2020 3 hours ago, eightyknots said: A 2000 foot airstrip is probably too long. It's only 600 metres.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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