Skykits Corporation presents Completions
Here are some Savannah owners who have completed their
airplanes. They have provided
information on building their Savannah, a picture of their completed plane, and
their contact
information should you want to ask them some questions about their experience.
These owners have volunteered this information because they want to promote the
growth of
aviation, share with you their pride of ownership and allow you to be confident
that a
Savannah
is the right aircraft for you. We ask that you please be seriously
considering becoming a
Savannah owner in the near future before taking advantage of their time and
effort.
Reg Adair
Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada
My Savannah where it was designed for:
Picture of the two of us (C-FFUZ and myself) in
a little field at the junction of the Athabasca and Clearwater rivers.
The place has no road access, friend of mine owns it, his Dad
homesteaded/squatted on it in the late 40's. Over
the years a number of helicopters have dropped in but my Savannah is the
only airplane ever in and out of there.
About 400 feet usable with hills and trees at both ends, the "good" end is
behind me. Have 35 hours on it now, l
love the airplane. Thanks.
The lettering on the wing tip is in memory of the
first home builder I ever met over thirty years ago, Lloyd E. Delisle.
Lloyd died of a burst aneurysm at the pre-cover stage and his plane was never
finished.
I picked up my Savannah kit from Skykits in Calgary on April 22, 2005 and
finished painting it on September 09, 2005.
I had to wait for my hangar to be completed so it was November 11 before I
took the plane to the airport and attached
the wings. Official completion date was November 17, 2005.
Build time for my kit without options was 226:30 hours. This includes
the time for helpers - installing wings, etc. I spent
an additional 101:45 hours installing a Microair transceiver and transponder,
Whelen strobe system, ACK ELT, PS
Engineering intercom, Avmap EKP-IV GPS, TruTrak ADI, panel
lighting, parking brake, and wiring everything into the
Ray Allen dual stick grips. This also included prepping and painting the
plane with Endura. From start to finish, I spent
338:15 hours of enjoyable building time. Great kit, great plane.
Reg Adair
(780) 743-9345
David Rivett
Midland, Ontario, Canada
I checked my building log and broke my time down to build the various parts
Fin, rudder, stabilizer and
elevator---------------------------------------------------- 40hrs
Right wing, left wing, flaps/aileron, and
slats------------------------------------- 80 hrs
Fuselage---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
40 hrs
Firewall forward, engine installed, wiring,
dash----------------------------------- 50hrs
Total of major
parts --------------------------------------------------------------------
210hrs
Paint - one long weekend and a lot of favours-------------------------------------30hrs
Various stages throughout the building
process----------------------------------50hrs
Final assembly of wings, struts, sun roof, linkages, etc----------------------
80hrs
Ready to
fly-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------370hrs
I believe these hours are very close to the time I have into my plane.
This is the first plane that I have ever built and it was a great learning
experience. I believe I could build a ready to fly,
unpainted Savannah in about 225 to 250hrs knowing what I know now.
No matter how you cut it, the Savannah builds
in a fraction of the time compared to any other similar airplane. The
building is very straight forward, but the real reward
is when you first fly the Savannah. The Savannah is gentle to fly with
incredible performance.
The Savannah is definitely what it is advertised to be. David Rivett
Mike Baker
Akron, Ohio, USA
Outside my radio, GPS and wing tip strobes,
everything on my Savannah is standard. I did install wheel pants also.
I have 390 hours on it as of 5/17/07. Mike Baker
Contact info:
bakermj@neo.rr.com
cockpit
330-896-4212
