Kit #7 arrived

[Nev]

Good work Jay, looks nice too !

[Skyward II]

Jay,
where are you sourcing these cable pass through fittings? Those look solid. image.png

[Utah-Jay]

Today was the day….
First flight went great, NO squawks. NO leaks. Maybe 1 pound of stick pressure for a right heavy wing. Flew straight. Had to pull the power back to not over speed the engine. Ran it at 2600-2630 for 45 minutes. Speed on final was higher than I wanted, but felt comfortable with the lack of time in the plane. Takeoff back pressure was at 48-50mph, so could have been a lot shorter.

TAS was 137 to 147

Indicated was 130-133

Ground speed was about 4-6 below TAS

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[rkennell]

WAY TO GO JAY! Congratulation. Really looks nice in the air.

[jaredyates]

Today was the day….
First flight went great, NO squawks. NO leaks. Maybe 1 pound of stick pressure for a right heavy wing. Flew straight. Had to pull the power back to not over speed the engine. Ran it at 2600-2630 for 45 minutes. Speed on final was higher than I wanted, but felt comfortable with the lack of time in the plane. Takeoff back pressure was at 48-50mph, so could have been a lot shorter.

TAS was 137 to 147

Indicated was 130-133

Ground speed was about 4-6 below TAS

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Great to hear Jay, please keep us updated as you go!

[gregc]

The Companion fleet is growing ;-)

[Nev]

Awesome! Nice work Jay!

[Utah-Jay]

Here is a video from the ground. It is obvious that I was VERY conservative with the takeoff rotation and carried extra speed on the landing as it is a new plane and just learning the feel.

https://youtu.be/ne2yn6xEGHM?si=J-6V9lKWD40oTpVp

[BrokenStraw]

Great first flight.

[Nev]

Very nice!

[TJ_Slice]

Congratulations! Thanks for sharing all of your experience along the way.

[rodsmith]

Congratulations Jay, the plane looks beautiful in the air!

[Headintheclouds]

Congrats!

I'm curious, what is the cause and remedy for a "heavy wing"?

[jaredyates]

Congrats!

I'm curious, what is the cause and remedy for a "heavy wing"?

It depends. Usually what folks mean by a heavy wing is an out of trim situation in the roll axis. Something is making the plane want to roll. The best fix requires finding the cause and addressing it. Some possible causes include incorrect aileron height, flap zero position, out of trim in yaw, etc.

[Headintheclouds]

Thank you, Does it ever involve slight differences in the incidence angle of the wing?

[jaredyates]

That is not adjustable on the Bearhawk planes.

[marcusofcotton]

Congratulations Jay! Great job of sticking to the job!

[Bissetg]

Great job, congratulations and look forward to hearing how it shakes down and what sort of performance numbers you see in time to come.

[Utah-Jay]

Phase 1 was completed yesterday, Kit #7 is a passenger carrying machine now. Thanks to everyone who helped with the ideas to get it done