Tell us what you did today on your Bearhawk Project

[Bcone1381]

Send some pics of your work please when done.

I seat back has a few details left to finish. The seat bottom has a ways to go but is simpler than the seat back.
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[DBeaulieu]

Put nutplates for 8-32 fasteners on the forward edge of tunnel. Aft edge I am using 8-32 clip nuts. Would like to do the same on the sides of the tunnel, but some of the matched holes for skin and tunnel are too far or too close to edge or flange to use clip nuts. Looks like a mix of clip nuts and nutplates. Maybe trim the tunnel sides to use mostly clip nuts? That would leave me only a couple of nutplate to install where the flange interferes with the clip nuts...thinking out loud here tunnel to boot skins.jpg

[DBeaulieu]

Got the tunnel final trim done, added clip nuts, and placed grommets for brake lines

tunnel trimmed and anchor nuts.jpg Grommets for brake line pass thru.jpg

[Bcone1381]

The seat is all done. I installed a few bells and whistles. A pocket holds the five point harness central buckle. A sleeve holds the fuel sampler. The seat bottom cushion is secured to the seat frame with snaps. Comfort wise, I feel like you almost cant make an error using memory foam.

The seat back has two parts, one slide over the seat frame and the second part holds the foam. The back has flaps secured with velcro that wrap around the frame. This is not my design. I copied a very well made LSA seat from Sport Aircraft Seats.

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[rodsmith]

Looks very nice Brooks.

[DBeaulieu]

Made doubler to mount EFII fuel pump module to forward lower boot skin former. Should be able to locate pump prefilter in that area also with room for servicing thru the access panel. Removing the gascolator spin on bowl gives enough room to remove the pump if ever necessary.

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[DBeaulieu]

New style pre pump filter (FF-3) from EFII can mount directly to fuel boost pump module. Save space and fittings. I was pleasantly surprised!

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[alaskabearhawk]

Second condition inspection, got more squawks taken care of and baby got new shoes. 26in Goodyears

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[pnh2atl]

Got the landing lights installed. Went with the Flyleds. I took a pice of 2” pvc pipe added a bolt lock washer and a couple of nuts and created a jig to push the lens up into yard leading edge. It made it easy to drill the lens so they would line up with the nut plates. Took longer than I figured just like most things. Overall happy with the results. Has anyone used a gasket to help them be a little more water proof?

[DBeaulieu]

pnh2atl Are those lens from Bearhawk?

[Untainted123]

After I finished up another panel project, I was finally able to get to my own. Over the last 9 months or so, I had made a couple good deals on a GNC 355 and an AV-30, so I retrofitted my panel to make it fully IFR. I didn't want to go through designing and validating a whole new panel cutout, so I made pieces to move things around. Maybe I'll get around to cutting a whole new panel at some point. Or maybe I won't...

I had an air gizmo iPad mount on the right that I never used since everything is on the glass panel, and a 7in HDX that was originally intended as the Engine Monitor/MFD, which I felt was a waste of a screen, especially when flying with another pilot on the right. The GNC355 adds a 2nd comm now, and the AV-30 serves as redundant ADHRS with its own backup battery.

[svyolo]

I made my panel in 3 pieces intentionally, with the middle piece being wide enough for a navigator, even though I don't plan on one. I did it to make servicing easier - one piece makes it harder and more time consuming. So far it has been a "good idea".

[DBeaulieu]

Wire runs from rear to front.jpg Rear wires forward.jpg ACM shelf installed.jpg ACM mounted.jpg

During the past week, I've started to bring rear wires forward to behind the panel. Also fabricated a mount for the Advanced Flight System ACM and placed it behind the panel. Lots of stuff to bring forward when you include all the wing wiring!

[rkennell]

Thought I had better contribute some posts. February and March I spent covering, stitching and taping. Found that I like the stagger wing beech knot better that the modified seine knot.


I did a little 3D printing along the way. This is a form a friend designed in Solidworks to make rudder cable exits. I used PA6-GF filament and annealed it. It makes it a very tough material.



Received my Catto 78" composite CS prop.


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I made a bulkhead and Dean welded some tabs on for the inspection cover on the bottom of the tail. It will give me good access to inspect and maintain items in the tail of the aircraft.

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[Dpearson]

Time to reawaken this thread! I've hit a major milestone on my 4-place "A" model QB, having completed the majority of the "stuff" related to tailfeathers and things aft of the cabin that needs doing before covering. Control cables made up, elevator balances cast, VHF nav antenna mounted in vertical stab, Comm 1 antenna mounted above the rear seat, and 3 autopilot servos and ELT all mounted and rigged (temporarily).
I have the fuselage on the diagonal in a small-ish 2-car garage, just big enough to have either the tailfeathers on, or firewall forward in place, but not both! It's time to pull the tailfeathers off, rotate the fuselage 180 degrees (nose out, tail shoved in a back corner), and get to work on fuel system, instrument panel (structural), fuselage wiring, and anything else that must be done before fabric and paint.
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