Skykits Corporation presents the Savannah

Build Log: Page 6                              

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 Total time to this point:   145 hours 37 minutes. 

The forward part of the vertical fin is now attached completing the tail installation.    Here you can see the rudder cables exiting

the fuselage and connecting to the bottom of the rudder.     On the other side of the tail is the access port in the vertical fin for

the elevator control cable and spring. 

The regular tires have now been switched for the Tundra tires.  There certainly is a difference in size. 

Update 11/06: Tundra tires are now standard in all Savannah kits.

The Rotax 912ULS is the engine of choice for our demonstrator.  The first order of business is to install the oil cooler and radiator.  The radiator

is at the top of the picture with the smaller oil cooler in the middle.  The hose on the left supplies warm air from the radiator which then is further

heated by the muffler and continues on into the cabin heating system    There's another picture of the oil cooler showing the

diagonal air deflector installed on the engine mount.     The oil reservoir is on the right side of the firewall.   
The 912ULS puts out 100HP.  One of the ways it attains the extra twenty HP over the 912 UL (80 HP) is to regulate the temperature of the air going
into the carburetors.  An airbox connected to outside air and having available heat from the muffler accomplishes this task.  Here's the airbox bottom

installed on the carburetors.  At the top left corner can be seen the sensor for the air temperature gauge.     That sensor is
connected to a gauge in the instrument panel which registers both outside and airbox air temperature.  The flow of air is controlled by a push/pull

cable on the panel.  Here's the airbox with the top on and the air hoses attached.       The Savannah exhaust

system is stainless steel and is welded at the factory with the proper bends and angles for an easy fit.    The muffler installed

in 15 minutes.  The two halves of the fiberglass cowling are joined together like this. The instrument panel is still being worked

on but here it is mostly complete.    The instrument and gauge holes are cut at the factory so it's an easy installation.

Here are some pictures of the complete engine installation on the Savannah including our Kiev prop.  Notice the inlaid

brass leading edge on the prop  .  and the forward dihedral.    Total time for the above assembling was 24 hours
and 10 minutes

Total time to this point:   169 hours 47 minutes. 
 

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