Meet ICP Savannah S
The Savannah S is a light high-wing aircraft with fixed tricycle gear and a Rotax-powered configuration. Its control system combines a conventional elevator and rudder with externally mounted Junkers-type flaperons. These wing surfaces mix roll control and flap function, so their movement is part of both the primary controls and the low-speed configuration.
ICP’s maintenance manual describes pitch control carried first by a pushrod and then cables, rod-operated flaperons with a mixer, and cable-operated rudder control. The elevator’s electric trim tab also acts as an anti-balance tab. This is a specific mechanical arrangement whose force and trim behaviour comes from the connections and tab geometry, rather than from the aircraft’s high-wing outline alone.
History & design
The Savannah develops through several versions
ICP's Savannah line includes several distinct wing and cabin developments. Its history identifies the larger-cabin XL introduced in 2009 and the VG version associated with vortex generators. The ADV pursued a combination of short-field capability and increased cruise speed. These names identify changes in the design, not just different liveries.
ICP · The models of history ↗From the S to the 2024 SR
The Savannah S reached the market in 2010. When ICP introduced the SR for 2024, it reported roughly a thousand S aircraft produced. The company used that redesign to rebuild its component drawings in 3D and revise assembly, parts and technical documentation around the newer European 600 kg framework. The Bagolu Savannah S rendition represents the earlier S, so the SR's newer approval configuration is not its automatic specification.
ICP · Savannah SR and S development ↗Systems & details
Linkages, flaperons and the trim tab
The manufacturer manual’s control diagram distinguishes the pitch linkage, flaperon rods/mixer and rudder cables. The electric elevator trim/anti-balance tab participates in the pitch-force arrangement. Fixed tricycle gear and toe brakes complete the manual’s basic configuration.
Bagolu’s Savannah S cockpit
Bagolu documents a rendition developed with ICP’s permission, with analog instruments and GPS-dependent optional autopilot equipment. Its airspeed indicator defaults to kilometres per hour, with a knots option. That instrument choice needs its units retained when comparing the cockpit with other references.
In your simulator
No released simulator product is listed for this aircraft in the developers reviewed. Announced products are excluded.
Manuals & resources
Read the original documentation from the people who created it. Manuals open on their publisher’s website.
Manual
ICP Savannah S Maintenance Manual — Revision 07ICP, public manual hosted by BuildAndFly · ICP maintenance manual rev. 07, control-system sections.Aircraft background
I.C.P. Savannah S | BAGOLUBagolu · Bagolu Savannah S product; instrument units separately documented. INDEXBagolu · Aircraft equipment and developer product details.Aircraft documentation
The models of historyICP · ICP account of discontinued Savannah versions. Savannah SR and S developmentICP · ICP Savannah SR announcement and retrospective on the Savannah S. SavannahICP · ICP family description; factory and kit configurations.Built-in force-feedback profiles
Read the documentary basis, editable starting settings and remaining questions for the aircraft you fly. Each explanation refers to the exact profile revision shown.
Catalogue programme-20261011-v3 · 2 profile choices
Bagolu ICP Savannah S
Bagolu · Free and Pro · Revision 2 · Inherited starting point
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024
The Savannah S is a light high-wing aircraft with fixed tricycle gear and a Rotax-powered configuration.
ICP Savannah S
Free and Pro · Revision 1 · Partial review
MSFS 2020 · MSFS 2024 · X-Plane 12
The Savannah S is a light high-wing aircraft with fixed tricycle gear and a Rotax-powered configuration.
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