First Flight Patrol N431NS

[ScottS]

First flight on Saturday May 9th 2026 with my Bearhawk Patrol, Lycoming 0360, Hartzell Trailblazer prop, plans build took 6 years and 2 months, little over 4,000 hours, weighed in at 1153 lbs.
Flew great except a slight heavy right wing.

Scott Sarkinen
Amboy Wa.

[noema]

Congrats! The more Patrols the better!

I had a "slight heavy right wings" and was able to fix it with a tiny gurney flap on the rudder.

[alaskabearhawk]

Congratulations! What a great accomplishment! Weather looked great too…

[paulodonnell]

Fantastic and well done, she looks great too!

[Bearhawk Aircraft]

Congrats on the first flight. Great looking bird

[rkennell]

Congrats on a first flight.

[m.mooney]

Congrats Scott. Look forward to seeing it, maybe daybreak? 2 scratch built patrols in the same county, pretty cool.

[geraldmorrissey]

Well done Scott. A great achievement.

[Dpearson]

Congrats!!!

[huntaero]

Congrats on the Plans built looks great Have Fun