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Came across a youtube video called Bearhawk William. Thought it was a Bearhawk I had never seen pictures of before, N56219. Turns out it is a heavily modified version of the Bearhawk that Robbie Statton built and showed at Oshkosh many years ago. Makes me wonder if it was wrecked and rebuilt. Changes I see are a total new paint job, original landing gear removed and replaced with Cessna spring type gear, two blade prop instead of 3 blade, and the instrument panel is somewhat different. According to the FAA, was exported to Kenya a few years ago.
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Robbie sold his BH to a missionary pilot in Kenya. Robbie originally built his BH with a 540 and 3 blade prop. Heavy interior. He decided to put it on a diet it by replacing the 540 with an IO390, using a lighter prop, and for the fun of it changed to a Grove spring gear which required quite a bit of modification. When asked about it later, he told me he couldn't really identify any benefits of the spring gear - that he had done it for the fun of trying something different. Mark -
I think it also has a different cowling, from memory? Full fibreglass two halves, from the looks.
It is very customised, which is quite neat. That's the beauty of experimental.Comment
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