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![]() "Morgans" wrote in message ... "Ken Finney" wrote Wow, someone else knows about the Savannah! I'd really like to get a Savannah after I get my ticket. Pity that more people don't know about it. If you believe only half of what is written on the Savannah, you might think twice. It is an unabashed knock-off, and possibly has made itself so cheap as to be much less safe than what it is copying. Do some reading on what is going on with that story before you make any decisions. -- Jim in NC I don't know if "knock-off" is the correct term. There is a whole school of design in Europe that has produced some real similar designs. I understand that the 701 designer licensed a predecessor company to ICP (the Savannah's builder) to make a 701 clone, but didn't limit the license so that they couldn't compete directly with the Heinzes. But in my mind, the Savannah is different enough from the 701 that this shouldn't be an issue anyway. I had the opportunity the last two years at Arlington to compare the Savannah and the 701 pretty much side-by-side. I'm not a pilot (yet), and I'm not a airframe engineer, but it didn't appear that the Savannah was built any less strong than the 701, in fact, the contrary seemed to be true. I subscribe to both 701 and Savannah mailing lists, and both the builders and pilots of Savannahs appear to be happier than the builders and pilots of the 701s. The 701 people do seem to want to bash the Savannah people more than the Savannah people want to bash the 701 people. There is some bad blood out there. I understand the US distributor for the Savannah is really, really POed that the account was "stolen" from him, and doesn't have much to say good about ICP, Savannah, and/or Eric these days. I'd like to know more about what you speak of. |
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