I would like to add a question of my own with the above mentioned question in mind ?
Can we really operate in South Africa/Namibia/Botswana like they do in the US and Alsaka.
Can we really have a true off field weekend fly away and land anywhere to camp for instance. South Africa certainly has the landscape and scenery for it.
It seems everything is so overregulated when it comes to aviation in South Africa that even though it might make sense to buy these very capable and fun flying “bush” aircraft, one cannot truly appreciate their capabilities in SA.
The Savage Shock Cub..
Moderator: Moderators
-
- 10000 and still climbing
- Posts: 19538
- Joined: Thu Jun 19, 2008 7:46 am
- Closest Airfield: George FAGG
- Location: Hoekwil, near Wilderness, near George, Western Cape
- Has thanked: 2769 times
- Been thanked: 4338 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
Ha ha ha, jambo sana, Christopher - let me try. The game wardens in East Africa still had to restrict where they landed. Normal tyres on a Super Cub will put you on your back if you try to land in a ploughed field or on soft sand. These tundra tyres are really fine almost anywhere - except maybe if you put one in an ant-bear hole!Christopher wrote: Tue Mar 26, 2019 7:44 am While I perfectly understand the mission/intention of such an aircraft -- "go anywhere, land anywhere" craft -- can anyone persuade me that such enormous tyres are necessary? They must cause <oodles> of drag, where I would have thought that something <slightly> smaller would suffice? Of course, the incentive comes from operators in Alaska and folk presumably wish to copy those examples; but where in Southern Africa is this overkill/macho-look really needed? (Game wardens in East Africa operated Super Cubs for years on standard wheel/tyre combinations!)
Go ahead: persuade me...
But I agree - if you are in a hurry to get from A to B, it might be better to take a Land-Rover, or a bicycle!

jim
www.jimdavis.co.za for flying text books, and true flying stories.
-
- Too Tousand
- Posts: 2796
- Joined: Wed Feb 25, 2009 4:09 pm
- Closest Airfield: FAFK
- Location: Durbanville, Cape Town (FAFK)
- Has thanked: 0
- Been thanked: 9 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..

- These users thanked the author Justin de Reuck for the post (total 7):
- Fransw • Marty • Selcal • 4Holer • Swampdonkey • Ray W • biffvj
Justin de Reuck
Justin de Reuck Aviation Photography
http://www.aviationphotographer.co.za
The time a person spends flying is not deducted from his lifespan!
Justin de Reuck Aviation Photography
http://www.aviationphotographer.co.za
The time a person spends flying is not deducted from his lifespan!
-
- Taxiing
- Posts: 71
- Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:51 am
- Closest Airfield: Evas Field
- Location: Howick
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 23 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
The latest Savage Shock Cub to land in SA. This one powered by a Rotax 915. Will soon be living in the Cape
You do not have the required permissions to view the files attached to this post.
- These users thanked the author Flyingfrontiers for the post (total 5):
- Ray W • Fransw • Volo • biffvj • excolonial
-
- Too Tousand
- Posts: 2717
- Joined: Sat Oct 25, 2008 8:34 pm
- Closest Airfield: Krugersdorp
- Location: Witpoortjie
- Has thanked: 160 times
- Been thanked: 418 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
At least the tyres will make some of the previous posters happier.Flyingfrontiers wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:37 am The latest Savage Shock Cub to land in SA. This one powered by a Rotax 915. Will soon be living in the Cape

-
- Niner Tousand
- Posts: 9306
- Joined: Mon Dec 05, 2011 4:18 pm
- Closest Airfield: FYWH
- Location: Namibia
- Has thanked: 1033 times
- Been thanked: 870 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
[quote=JCA post_id=2090762 time=1578855913
At least the tyres will make some of the previous posters happier.
[/quote]
.....
At least the tyres will make some of the previous posters happier.

[/quote]
.....

In God I trust. The masses are never right, the minority are sometimes right, but the truth is always right.
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” — Philip Wylie
“One good teacher in a lifetime may sometimes change a delinquent into a solid citizen.” — Philip Wylie
-
- Too Tousand
- Posts: 2642
- Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:09 pm
- Closest Airfield: komani
- Location: East Jalalabad on the Straits.
- Has thanked: 213 times
- Been thanked: 95 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
Superb Machine - how is the headroom in the shock cub. I test fitted one many years ago, and my head was up amongst the metal tubes in the cockpit. Not ideal in turbulence.Flyingfrontiers wrote: Sat Jan 11, 2020 10:37 am The latest Savage Shock Cub to land in SA. This one powered by a Rotax 915. Will soon be living in the Cape
The older I get, the more I am convinced that "A Confederacy of Dunces" is non fiction.
-
- Taxiing
- Posts: 71
- Joined: Wed Mar 21, 2012 6:51 am
- Closest Airfield: Evas Field
- Location: Howick
- Has thanked: 1 time
- Been thanked: 23 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
Head room is very generous. The cockpit has been enlarged in height and length and width from the smaller, original Savages.
- These users thanked the author Flyingfrontiers for the post:
- excolonial
-
- Too Tousand
- Posts: 2642
- Joined: Thu Sep 13, 2007 12:09 pm
- Closest Airfield: komani
- Location: East Jalalabad on the Straits.
- Has thanked: 213 times
- Been thanked: 95 times
Re: The Savage Shock Cub..
Thats great news for the taller folks. I really like these machines, a modern take on a design classic without the ridculous purchase price of the Carbon cub. That flight envelope is quite something.
The older I get, the more I am convinced that "A Confederacy of Dunces" is non fiction.