Sav into water at Conway beach Qld on 13 November 2022 crew ok.

[Blueadventures]

A Sav hit the water off Conway beach, Proserpine river North Queensland.  Both occupants are ok and uninjured.  

 

No further accurate details available for publication. at this time   

[Student Pilot]

What's a Sav?

[onetrack]

ICP Savannah ultralight.

[Student Pilot]

I was thinking more battered Sav....

[onetrack]

Dropping your battered Sav into the ocean, and losing it for good, truly would be a tragedy.....

[facthunter]

If the stay in the ocean they get Battered. but some adherents think they are never bettered..  They go back a while , Some had Cont 0-200 type motors. Nev

[onetrack]

We have yet to find out, just how battered this Sav ended up.

[facthunter]

SALT ruins a lot of things.  Nev

[turboplanner]

Is this the one from Mackay?

 

[Blueadventures]

1 minute ago, turboplanner said:

Is this the one from Mackay?

 

No not from Mackay.  Never been based at Mackay.   Local to area North of Mackay.

[BrendAn]

needs a good soak in wd 40 now.  are planes automatically written off when get submerged in water like cars are.

[facthunter]

They probably should be. You'd really have to know what you are doing with salt immersion. If you haven't worked in that environment you won't know how destructive it is..  Nev

[BrendAn]

17 minutes ago, facthunter said:

They probably should be. You'd really have to know what you are doing with salt immersion. If you haven't worked in that environment you won't know how destructive it is..  Nev

certainly have, when you own moored boats you learn a lot about corrosion.

[Kyle Communications]

Do you know the owner/pilot Mike?

 

Engine failure or "other"

 

 

[facthunter]

They are built for the environment the operate in  and still have issues, but an Ultra light is not. Have you worked on or operated seaplanes or talked to people who have?  I've worked on Army Ducks when they were operated by the army and they are constant maintenance. Nev

[BrendAn]

1 minute ago, facthunter said:

They are built for the environment the operate in  and still have issues, but an Ultra light is not. Have you worked on or operated seaplanes or talked to people who have?  I've worked on Army Ducks when they were operated by the army and they are constant maintenance. Nev

no but fighting the sea is a never ending battle with a boat just like anything in salt water. 

one mine i worked on nw of kalgoorlie had borewater 7 times saltier than the ocean, a 316 stainless pump would run about 3 months until it corroded away.

[facthunter]

Yes a bit of WD-40 doesn't do much. Banner towing over the beaches rusts the fins off steel cylinders and don't mention the pure magnesium accessory box casings.. Mooney wing spars are magnesium. A rusted in spark plug often needs a POT changed. That's why planes are stored in Deserts. Nev

[Blueadventures]

38 minutes ago, Kyle Communications said:

Do you know the owner/pilot Mike?

 

Engine failure or "other"

 

 

Hi Mark.  Have no specific info of any of the contributing factors.  When I hear I'll post.  Cheers

[BrendAn]

11 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Yes a bit of WD-40 doesn't do much. Banner towing over the beaches rusts the fins off steel cylinders and don't mention the pure magnesium accessory box casings.. Mooney wing spars are magnesium. A rusted in spark plug often needs a POT changed. That's why planes are stored in Deserts. Nev

i was joking about the wd40 😃

[facthunter]

I don't mind, Better than nothing. I used to wonder how you would get studs and nuts in badly rusted condition out of the old Marine engines and Now It's a piece of cake (relatively) Blocks that run sea water direct are short lived. I'd prefer a heat exchanger. Bore water in farm tractors is deadly too as is cow poop to tractor mudguard stays and Holden ute front mudguards. Nev

[spenaroo]

Heat exchangers are great until a coolant component fails. its both a selling point of Seadoo, and a reason to avoid them.
there is a reason all of my Jet-ski's are strictly fresh water use only.

Edited November 15, 2022 by spenaroo

[facthunter]

Liquid/Liquid heat exchangers can be rugged and compact. Plenty using the sea water are overcooled and rely on anodes which actually work well for the innards. It doesn't help the exhaust valves of 4 stroke outboards.  Nev

[jackc]

18 minutes ago, facthunter said:

Liquid/Liquid heat exchangers can be rugged and compact. Plenty using the sea water are overcooled and rely on anodes which actually work well for the innards. It doesn't help the exhaust valves of 4 stroke outboards.  Nev

Volvo AQAD 40 heat exchangers are a pain 😞 

[facthunter]

How long will your motor last if you run seawater through the Jackets' They are not the cast iron thick walled motors of old.. If the head bolts go through to the water you'll never undo them without ruining the thread and even splitting the "boss" it's in..  Nev

[eightyknots]

On 13/11/2022 at 5:31 PM, Blueadventures said:

A Sav hit the water off Conway beach, Proserpine river North Queensland.  Both occupants are ok and uninjured.  

 

No further accurate details available for publication. at this time   

Any more word on the immersed Savannah❓