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Hi all,
I recently purchased a 4-place quick build kit from Mike, the new Canadian distributor (https://bearhawkcanada.ca/). He’s been super helpful answering all my new builder questions. I’m sure there will be plenty more questions, so I’m inspired to see such an active community of fellow builders on this site. It’s hard to describe the mixed feelings of excitement, nerves and occasionally sheer terror, at what I’ve gotten myself into, but I bet that some of you can sympathize with that.
I’ve got a few flying friends coming over to help unload the heavy parts from the trailer tonight after a 2500km round trip to pick it up in Edmonton!
I bought the kit about three months ago so in that time I’ve been doing as much research and planning as possible. It feels like going back to school, but in a good way. As I start researching one sub-system, I end up going down the rabbit hole as I figure out how they interact with each other. After reading all the Bearhawk tips articles, Eric’s manual, the Bearhawk manual, and as many forum posts as possible, I’m excited to finally get started. All the research and reading has been great but there are still a lot of things that aren’t very clear in my mind. I’m sure actually being able to touch the kit and all the parts will help a lot.
A little bit about myself: I live on the west coast of British Columbia in a town called Squamish, about 60km north of Vancouver. It’s a great place to fly with big mountains, lots of glaciers, and interesting gravel bars to play on. I currently fly a Murphy Elite. It’s a fun little 2-seater with great performance but it’s too small. I want to be able to carry a friend and our mountain bikes or surf boards or kiteboarding gear. I can just barely do that now in the Murphy but there’s no extra room for the camping gear.
I can’t wait to get involved and share what I learn! I’m off the garage to unload it so I can sit in it and make airplane noises?
Tim Tallevi
I recently purchased a 4-place quick build kit from Mike, the new Canadian distributor (https://bearhawkcanada.ca/). He’s been super helpful answering all my new builder questions. I’m sure there will be plenty more questions, so I’m inspired to see such an active community of fellow builders on this site. It’s hard to describe the mixed feelings of excitement, nerves and occasionally sheer terror, at what I’ve gotten myself into, but I bet that some of you can sympathize with that.
I’ve got a few flying friends coming over to help unload the heavy parts from the trailer tonight after a 2500km round trip to pick it up in Edmonton!
I bought the kit about three months ago so in that time I’ve been doing as much research and planning as possible. It feels like going back to school, but in a good way. As I start researching one sub-system, I end up going down the rabbit hole as I figure out how they interact with each other. After reading all the Bearhawk tips articles, Eric’s manual, the Bearhawk manual, and as many forum posts as possible, I’m excited to finally get started. All the research and reading has been great but there are still a lot of things that aren’t very clear in my mind. I’m sure actually being able to touch the kit and all the parts will help a lot.
A little bit about myself: I live on the west coast of British Columbia in a town called Squamish, about 60km north of Vancouver. It’s a great place to fly with big mountains, lots of glaciers, and interesting gravel bars to play on. I currently fly a Murphy Elite. It’s a fun little 2-seater with great performance but it’s too small. I want to be able to carry a friend and our mountain bikes or surf boards or kiteboarding gear. I can just barely do that now in the Murphy but there’s no extra room for the camping gear.
I can’t wait to get involved and share what I learn! I’m off the garage to unload it so I can sit in it and make airplane noises?
Tim Tallevi
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