Airworthiness certificate issued on Tuesday Oct 31st by FSDO Wichita. 1st Flight was Friday November 2nd. Flight was take-off, very heavy right wing, climb to wide pattern, set up for landing and perfect landing until it became a little squirrelly thanks to my ham handed control. Looks like the right flap is a little high so will do so tweaking and try again. Also I'll talk with Mark Goldberg for some ideas on how to correct it. Just a few details: 8 yr build, plans built wings, Avi-Pro fuselage, IO-540 engine, dual Light Speed ignition, dual batteries, Dynon Skyview touch avionics with some Garmin thrown in.
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Bearhawk 4-Place 1st Flight N47NL
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Very nice! If you don't mind, where did you put your ADAHRS and did you need the magnetometer in the wing?Scott Ahrens
Bearhawk Patrol Plans Built
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Great looking plane - love the colour and the abundant windows, very familiar!
Tell us about the control stick, something interesting is going on there?
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I would love to see a few more photos if you get time! I am sure you've made a number of improvements.
What did the empty weight come to?
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Empty Wt. 1561. Forward CG. Think I'll add 25 lbs in the rear fuselage/tailwheel area to keep it in the CG range with lightweight pilot & low fuel. Anyone else have that situation with the IO-540? & how did you address it?Last edited by BAnton; 11-04-2018, 07:25 PM.
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Originally posted by BAnton View PostEmpty Wt. 1561. Forward CG. Think I'll add 25 lbs in the rear fuselage/tailwheel area to keep it in the CG range with lightweight pilot & low fuel. Anyone else have that situation with the IO-540? & how did you address it?
A forward CG is a blessing in disguise, I wouldn't make any permanent changes to shift it.
Mine is right near the forward limit, used to be even closer, and it was easy to fly like that. It just needs a little squirt of power if you are flaring right at the lower airspeed limit. No need to worry about that for the next 20hrs flying or so.
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I added an extension to my baggage compartment on my Patrol for my tie down kit and my tool bag. The extension itself added 5 pounds and the tiedowns and tool bag add another 19lb. Gets those things that I will always have with me out of the way and moves the cg back a bit without adding weight just for ballast. Great looking plane by the way. Looking forward to seeing how you address the heavy right wing. Mine was the same way, fixed most of by adjusting the tail but the right wing is still a slightly heavy.
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Looking great! Please send a picture for the calendar to web@bearhawkstore.com, we're putting it together now.
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