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Someone on here was talking about setting up a fly-in farmstay, that got me turning green, I would love to do that if I had power to my hangar. Just have to wait for stand alone solar to catch up in the storage department.

 

 

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Well thats the next thing my tractor will be doing is digging the trench from the small shed's switchboard so I can get power to the new shed. The only real issue will be to get some lights up in the roof. Might have to hire a scaffold on wheels so I can get up to the roof also lots of cable used in a shed this size especially for me I love to have lots of power points handy. Hope to get the mezzanine floor parts in the next couple of weeks so I can start getting that setup as well. The gear I am going to use I wish I knew about when I got all the steel freighted up to the farm then had to cut it all and weld it all...the steel even at a great price cost just about the same as this other stuff and at least I can move it all later easily...bit hard to move the welded one

 

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Mark

 

 

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in his pace even i might get to store mine in there before him ;)

Steady on, I am doing my best to get it done, I have got six hours in on it this month, that is a huge improvement, over three and a half months with nothing done.

 

 

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Hi Steve

 

Long time no talk. I've been pretty busy. Only log in occasionally to catch up on news. How far are you along with the "S". the hangar is looking good. Looking forward to the Savannah Muster.

 

Cheers

 

Bill

 

 

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Bill, most of my rivetting is done, I am ready to start painting before proceeding with the engine and electrical installations but l am having trouble getting time to spend on it, now that my senior partners have retired to town to live there is always plenty to do. I have just returned all Reg's building tools so he can start his next one. I will have enough Clecoes from my kit for the few things I have left to do.

 

 

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Bill, most of my rivetting is done, I am ready to start painting before proceeding with the engine and electrical installations but l am having trouble getting time to spend on it, now that my senior partners have retired to town to live there is always plenty to do. I have just returned all Reg's building tools so he can start his next one. I will have enough Clecoes from my kit for the few things I have left to do.

Steve: will Reg be building an XL or an S this time?

 

 

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Didn't ask, won't matter it will be pretty!

When the "sinuous curves" S was first released, I got the impression that Reg liked the XL better. I was just wondering if he had changed his mind?

 

 

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He always teases me because I have always liked the S model ever since the first photo, they definitely take longer to build and they really are no better, but maybe a little bit quieter but the XL performs exactly the same, no detectable difference. All I know is he won't win champion home built at Natfly 2015!

 

 

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He always teases me because I have always liked the S model ever since the first photo, they definitely take longer to build and they really are no better, but maybe a little bit quieter but the XL performs exactly the same, no detectable difference. All I know is he won't win champion home built at Natfly 2015!

There is an interesting point.

 

From what I can see, it's only the fuselage that is different (although I have heard that the empennage is slightly different, but not enough to see in internet pictures). Why does the S fuse take longer than the XL?

 

 

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The S rear fuselage corners are sheeted frames where the XL has sheets simply sandwiched between angles, It easily takes as long to build the rear fuselage frame for the S model as it takes to build the whole rear fuselage for an XL. The front horizontal stabiliser mount bolts are fore and aft on the S and side to side on the XL like the VG/Classic were. The S also has sheet fairings that enclose a lot of the bolted mounts at the junction of the Horizontal stabiliser and the rear fuselage.

 

 

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The S rear fuselage corners are sheeted frames where the XL has sheets simply sandwiched between angles, It easily takes as long to build the rear fuselage frame for the S model as it takes to build the whole rear fuselage for an XL. The front horizontal stabiliser mount bolts are fore and aft on the S and side to side on the XL like the VG/Classic were. The S also has sheet fairings that enclose a lot of the bolted mounts at the junction of the Horizontal stabiliser and the rear fuselage.

How easily accessible are these components (for inspection purposes) on the Savannah S?

 

 

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There are 3 of 4mm rivnuts on each side of the fuselage at the horizonatal stabiliser, so out with the hex key, should get you in there. I have set the rivnuts but haven't fitted my stabiliser yet, so we will see how it goes.

 

 

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I was looking at a Savannah VG that has come to 'live' near where I live. I did find the exposed parts a bit funny (you could say "agricultural") but still, they are very practical for inspections and/or preflight checks.

 

 

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