It really doesn't look right as a taildragger.

hotrod150 wrote:Visually, the Savannah also ap[pears to be an off-shoot of the 701, with VG's instead of slotted leading edges. Don't know if they put them on t/w gear or not. A guy at our local airport has one & it seems to peform well. I would think the slots would be better for STOL but worse for cruise than the VG's. Savannah Tom, what's your take on that?
Eric

The Savannah has fixed slots/slats as standard. Some folks have taken them off and used vgs. There is another Savannah that uses vgs as standard, but it is newer, and not so many exist.

I like the performance of my fixed slats, so I haven't thought too much about the vgs. From what I've read, there isn't really much of a change in performance. You can go here for more information:

http://www.outbackaircraft.com/savavg.html

Another really good website that sells vgs, but has data to back up their performance on Savannah is:

http://www.stolspeed.com/

tom

I fly a 701 every time I fly,I own one.