Skykits Corporation
Savannah Kit Contents
In order to match your budget or time requirements, Skykits offers the Savannah in kit form and also as a complete, ready-to-fly RTF airplane. Whichever model you choose, they all use the identical CNC machined and laser-cut parts to create an airframe of superior strength and unparalleled quality. There are no parts to fabricate. Corrosion-resistant, 6061 T6 aluminum is used throughout. All hardware is cadmium coated or stainless steel. Wherever steel parts are used, they are galvanized or otherwise protected from rust and corrosion. Every model comes with a complete parts list which includes CADD drawings of every component of the airplane. Since every part is fabricated at the factory, getting replacement parts is simply a matter of sending us the part number and having your part FedExed to your door. There is no finer STOL kit on the market today.
While other manufacturers offer component kits for their airplanes, Skykits does not offer component kits for the Savannah. This is because the Savannah builds so quickly. For example, the Savannah rudder can be built in two and a half hours. If we offered you a component rudder kit, your rudder would arrive in the morning and you would have it built by that afternoon. Manufacturers who offer you component kits are telling you their kits are difficult and time-consuming to build. Not so with the Savannah.
The Savannah VG, Savannah VGW - using the Rotax 912 series engine - include all of the following components as standard equipment:
Fuselage: Aluminum skins are cut to size, drilled and de-burred with all cutouts completed. Frame members have flanged lightening holes and are pre-shaped, drilled and de-burred. There are absolutely no parts required to be fabricated. There is a 36" deep baggage compartment, capacity 45 lb. behind the seats and 4-point safety harnesses for the pilot and the passenger.
Landing gear: Main gear is a super strong one-piece 1" thick aluminum bar. Nose gear tube is steel with a bungee cord for dampening. Brakes are Matco dual-caliper differential hydraulic controlled by toe pedals on the pilot side - passenger toe pedals are an available option. Wheels are Matco spun aluminum.
Flight surfaces: Wings have vortex generators and flaperons. A conventional tail has horizontal and vertical stabilizers with elevator and rudder. Wing struts are streamlined and drilled for exact alignment and angle of attack. Main spars are pre-fabricated. All skins are cut to size, pre-shaped, drilled and de-burred with all cutouts completed. Wing ribs are heat-treated, then stamped, lightened, drilled and de-burred. There are absolutely no parts required to be fabricated.
Windows and doors: Door Lexan is cut to shape and pre-drilled, window Lexan is cut to shape so it can be fitted easily. Doors come complete with adjustable snap vents, keyed locks and gas cylinders.
Controls: Include 3-position manual flap lever (0-20-40), foot pedals for rudder and nose-wheel steering, and center-mounted Y-stick for elevator and aileron - dual sticks with electric flaps are an available option.. All control cables are cut to the right length, strung with guides and mounting brackets, and the ends closed with thimbles and certified NICO press fittings. The elevator incorporates full span dual anti-balance trim tabs, electrically operated with dual servos and includes a plug-in wiring harness.
Fuel system: Each wing holds a polyethylene fuel tank with visual fuel level indicator on the left wing. There is also a reserve tank mounted in the fuselage behind the baggage compartment. There is a low fuel warning light on the instrument panel with a sensor in the reserve tank. The entire fuel system and engine are compatible with Ethanol fuel. The components of the fuel system are:
Wing tanks (2) - combined capacity 19 gallons/72 liters
Reserve tank - capacity 2 gallons/8 liters with condensation drain and electronicfuel level sensor to instrument panel
Fuel valve
Rubber stratified fuel hoses NBR+CR with NORMA clamps
Miscellaneous:
All nuts, bolts, washers, rivets, thimbles, safety wire, etc.
Plastic tips for wings, flaperons, stabilizer, elevator, fin and rudder
Anti-corrosion primer, water based - 1 liter
Tools: The Savannah is assembled with blind rivets. While a manual riveter would do the job, there are about 14,000 rivets in the kit so a pneumatic rivet gun will save considerable time and effort. Clecos are used to hold your work in place prior to riveting. The Savannah is supplied with the following tools.
Pneumatic rivet gun kit with heads and spare parts
Clecos (50)
Angle-of-attack gauge for setting the flaperons
Firewall forward: The firewall forward components include everything needed except the engine and propeller. This includes:
Fiberglass cowlings - top and bottom
Engine mount with silent blocks
Stainless steel muffler
Factory fabricated airbox for Rotax 912 series engines with temperature probe and wiring, air filter
Radiator
Oil cooler
Hoses with steel spiral core
Steel reinforced oil tubes and NORMA and ABA clamps
Included accessories:
Padded, cloth-upholstered seats
Cabin heating system
Electric fuel pump
Tundra tires 8:00 x 6
Instrument Panel: The instrument panel has all instrument, gauge and switch holes drilled. Switches in the Savannah and Savannah VG are in an overhead panel. Switches in the VGW are on the bottom of the instrument panel. A floor console with an auxiliary power outlet is standard. Dual throttle controls are included.
Instruments and Electrical:
The Savannah VG and VGW come with a full instrument and engine wiring harness for the Rotax 912 engine
Sensitive altimeter: calibrated to 20,000 feet
Vertical speed indicator: +/- 0 - 2000 fpm
Tachometer: 0 - 7000 rpm, color coded
Airspeed indicator: 0 - 150 mph
Slip indicator
Compass - wet, mounts to top of instrument panel
Gauges:
Left CHT
Right CHT
Oil pressure
Oil temperature
Fuel pressure
Voltmeter
Hour meter with sweep minute hand
Air temperature - outside/airbox, switchable - with outside temp sender and lead
Warning lights:
Fuel reserve warning with push to test button
Low battery
Switches:
Keyed master
Left Magneto
Right Magneto
Electric fuel pump
Cabin light
Elevator trim DPDT
Breaker 10A
Breaker 15A
Miscellaneous:
Battery - Yuasa 12Volt Y50-N18L dry charge
Dual elevator trim servos - with wiring harness attached
Cabin light
Auxiliary power outlet in floor console