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  1. David Swartzendruber

    Kansas Bearhawk LSA Build

    My LSA Quick Build Kit arrived today so I decided to start a build thread for it. Here are some pictures of the delivery. Located outside of Wichita, Kansas if anyone wants to stop and visit. I'm planning to stick pretty close to the plans in my build with the biggest deviation being the use...
  2. David Swartzendruber

    Sourcing Material for Main Spar Cap Strips

    On the LSA, the main spar cap strip material is 0.125" x 1" 2024T3 up to 12' long. These are available from Aircraft Spruce for about $30 ea. for 12' lengths plus $170 freight shipping to Kansas. I can also buy the material locally in 4' x 12' sheets and have it sheared into 1" wide strips and...
  3. David Swartzendruber

    LSA Vertical Fin offset for Corvair

    I noticed in the plans on drawing 16 that the vertical fin is offset to the left by 3/4" For kit builders planning on a Corvair engine that turns the opposition direction, does this mean the fuselage kit has to be special ordered in order to have the offset in the opposite direction?
  4. David Swartzendruber

    New Member in Kansas

    I've decided to buy some LSA plans and begin familiarizing myself with them with the plan of beginning to build 18 months from now after I finish up some other projects. This will be my first build and will probably be a mix between scratch building and kit. I'm an 80hr pilot with all my time...
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