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Old April 14th 06, 02:38 AM posted to rec.aviation.homebuilt
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Default Zenith CH701 or ICP Savannah

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The dealer for Savannah in North America has a pretty good comparison on
their website: http://www.skykits.com/Comparison.htm



This was a convincing page for building the Savannah instead of the Zenith.
http://www.skykits.com/Comparison.htm

"Note: There is a great deal of work required to drill rivet holes. First
the holes must be marked on the part in a straight line at a specified
separation. Then a pilot hole is drilled. Then the full size hole is
drilled. Finally the part is turned over and all the holes have to be
de-burred using a file and sandpaper. Sometimes you have to drill through
two parts at once which makes alignment problematic, sometimes resulting in
destroyed parts.

Drilling rivet holes is tedious and time consuming work, especially when you
consider that there are approximately 10,000 rivets in each of these kits.
That's 10,000 holes to be marked. 20,000 holes to be drilled and 10,000
holes to be de-burred. Yikes!! Well that's not quite correct - there are
approximately 10,000 holes to be marked, 20,000 holes to be drilled and
10,000 holes to be de-burred in the CH701 kit. There are about 150 holes to
be drilled in the Savannah kit. We think your time would be better spent
flying so we did the other 9,850 for you."


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