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As some of you might have been following in the 4-Place section, I have been working with Mark Goldberg over the past couple of years to develop instructional materials for building the Bearhawk planes from the QB Kit. This material is published at https://bearhawk.tips, which is also the website that houses the Beartracks newsletter archive. The kit manual section specifically is at https://bearhawk.tips/kit
The new content is not a page-by-page manual that you would print off and read from cover to cover. Instead, each task is published as its own little article, and those tasks are presented in a visual table of contents (map), which is here:
This Patrol map is based on the 4-Place map. I've tried to skim through it and delete the sections that are not applicable to the Patrol, but there's one big problem, which is that I haven't built a Patrol. So that's where I'd like to request help from you. Is there a task that is required, but not on the map, or one that is not required that is on the map? Is the linked article in the purple box not applicable to the Patrol, such that we need to create a Patrol-specific article just about that task? Is the linked article otherwise lacking?
If you have feedback, please send me a note via email (email@jaredyates.com) and we'll add it to the queue of things to address. If you have photos of a step that would make the manual easier to use, those would be especially welcome also. All of these manuals are based on builder feedback, but the Patrol (and eventually LSA) versions are going to rely on builders other than me, even more than the 4-Place. If you have extra ideas to add, you can even post a comment right at the bottom of the article. If it needs more intervention, send me an email. It may take a little while before the change shows up, because of the vetting and editorial steps, but be assured it will be heard and likely implemented.
Think of me less as the author and more as the coordinator or facilitator.
The goal is to continuously streamline the process so that each new builder has an easier time than the last. If you find a bump in the road, please report it so that I can fix it.
The new content is not a page-by-page manual that you would print off and read from cover to cover. Instead, each task is published as its own little article, and those tasks are presented in a visual table of contents (map), which is here:
This Patrol map is based on the 4-Place map. I've tried to skim through it and delete the sections that are not applicable to the Patrol, but there's one big problem, which is that I haven't built a Patrol. So that's where I'd like to request help from you. Is there a task that is required, but not on the map, or one that is not required that is on the map? Is the linked article in the purple box not applicable to the Patrol, such that we need to create a Patrol-specific article just about that task? Is the linked article otherwise lacking?
If you have feedback, please send me a note via email (email@jaredyates.com) and we'll add it to the queue of things to address. If you have photos of a step that would make the manual easier to use, those would be especially welcome also. All of these manuals are based on builder feedback, but the Patrol (and eventually LSA) versions are going to rely on builders other than me, even more than the 4-Place. If you have extra ideas to add, you can even post a comment right at the bottom of the article. If it needs more intervention, send me an email. It may take a little while before the change shows up, because of the vetting and editorial steps, but be assured it will be heard and likely implemented.
Think of me less as the author and more as the coordinator or facilitator.
The goal is to continuously streamline the process so that each new builder has an easier time than the last. If you find a bump in the road, please report it so that I can fix it.
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