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I like the idea of this community of builders. My experience with other aviators has been overwhelming positive. The instant acceptance, the high level of trust and companionship afforded to each other in the aviation community is exceptional. I'm happy to find such an avid community for the Bearhawk series of aircraft.
I've wanted an experimental aircraft since I was a young man. I got tired of waiting for the convergence of; time, money, flight mission and experimental design about ten years ago and bought a couple of certificated aircraft. These airplanes scratched the "itch" pretty good but the cost of ownership and demands of raising a family have converted those birds to a fond memory and a few pictures. I should have taken more pictures.
The completion of college (and the tuition payments) for last of three kids is within sight now, so I've unearthed the old "bucket" list. Some of the items on the list are illegible now, but traveling to remote hideaways, exploring the north western U.S and especially Alaska, is still something I want to do. The Bearhawk seems perfect for this.
I can hardly hold back from ordering aluminum and steel at this point. Instead, I'm studying the plans and working on understanding as many aspects of construction as possible. Joining this forum is part of this process.
I want to scratch build this aircraft as much as possible - partly for cost control, and mostly for personal pride. I like to build things.
By the way, Bob's wisdom of not providing bills of materials to order from is amazing. Having to really study the drawings just to measure materials is exactly what a scratch builder needs to do. This process is forcing me, in a pleasurable way, to get very familiar with each part and assembly. It's helping with other areas too; drawing interpretation, measuring, scaling, finding my old triangular scales. Long dormant engineering skills are now like out of shape muscles, I know a little pain will lead to a lot of gain, and this exercise is fun!
David Pendleton
Chandler AZ
I like the idea of this community of builders. My experience with other aviators has been overwhelming positive. The instant acceptance, the high level of trust and companionship afforded to each other in the aviation community is exceptional. I'm happy to find such an avid community for the Bearhawk series of aircraft.
I've wanted an experimental aircraft since I was a young man. I got tired of waiting for the convergence of; time, money, flight mission and experimental design about ten years ago and bought a couple of certificated aircraft. These airplanes scratched the "itch" pretty good but the cost of ownership and demands of raising a family have converted those birds to a fond memory and a few pictures. I should have taken more pictures.
The completion of college (and the tuition payments) for last of three kids is within sight now, so I've unearthed the old "bucket" list. Some of the items on the list are illegible now, but traveling to remote hideaways, exploring the north western U.S and especially Alaska, is still something I want to do. The Bearhawk seems perfect for this.
I can hardly hold back from ordering aluminum and steel at this point. Instead, I'm studying the plans and working on understanding as many aspects of construction as possible. Joining this forum is part of this process.
I want to scratch build this aircraft as much as possible - partly for cost control, and mostly for personal pride. I like to build things.
By the way, Bob's wisdom of not providing bills of materials to order from is amazing. Having to really study the drawings just to measure materials is exactly what a scratch builder needs to do. This process is forcing me, in a pleasurable way, to get very familiar with each part and assembly. It's helping with other areas too; drawing interpretation, measuring, scaling, finding my old triangular scales. Long dormant engineering skills are now like out of shape muscles, I know a little pain will lead to a lot of gain, and this exercise is fun!
David Pendleton
Chandler AZ
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