I like the Bearhawk, but not crazy about the look of the cowl.. I wonder if a Sam James RV style cowl could be made to work and provide enough cooling..
im surprised by the lack of aifoil on the tail considering the top speed this aircraft has. also the horizontal stabilaser/elevato seem to be in the dark when the flaps are down. this aircraft seem triky to handle at low and "high" speed
What was your build time? > 500 , >1000 hours? Did you build from scratch or get a kit? Did you opt for the more expensive quick build kit? How was your build experience? Were parts pre-fitted together easily, pre-drilled an only required cleco rivets, I like that they show flush cleco rivets so that there are no dimples every where. How was the landing gear assembly? Did you get the standard tail dragger landing gear of is your an upgraded version. I am curious why your running such small 24/26 inch wheels? why not Alaska Bush Tires 29" or 33" tires?
Build time for me was about 1,200 hours, plus more for rework and modifications I chose to do. This is a quickbuild kit, the build experience was good, life changing in fact, almost a defining moment in my young life. This is the standard landing gear, it takes a couple of hours to assemble. We also have 31" tires which we use on it most of the time. Small tires are for speed only.
My understanding is you can register a Bearhawk LSA as an Experimental with a VH registration. Don't you free yourself of the 600 kilogram weight restriction under those circumstances?
Lycoming O-540 are insanely expencive these days, a new one will cost around 100k. i don't know why he kept this engine, i know it's the default engine but there are so many new and cheaper engine that would do the job better, with FADEC you don't have to bother with mixture and stuff
That's a whole lot of engine you have there, about the only thing bigger than that is an IO-720 & I actually have one of those! Here's a video of the Bearhawk factory. ua-cam.com/video/MZWF5GHO2is/v-deo.html
Thanks for the walk-around (walk-about?). Nicely built Bearhawk. Sounded like the was a bit of a blow outside. Perfect time for a video.
Did you have a strategy or use modifications to keep her light in weight?
I like the Bearhawk, but not crazy about the look of the cowl.. I wonder if a Sam James RV style cowl could be made to work and provide enough cooling..
im surprised by the lack of aifoil on the tail considering the top speed this aircraft has.
also the horizontal stabilaser/elevato seem to be in the dark when the flaps are down.
this aircraft seem triky to handle at low and "high" speed
In fact it's one of the best handling aircraft at very low speed. Remarkably safe and responsive.
Would love to build one of these with an Aeromomentum AM20T :)
What was your build time? > 500 , >1000 hours?
Did you build from scratch or get a kit? Did you opt for the more expensive quick build kit? How was your build experience? Were parts pre-fitted together easily, pre-drilled an only required cleco rivets, I like that they show flush cleco rivets so that there are no dimples every where. How was the landing gear assembly? Did you get the standard tail dragger landing gear of is your an upgraded version. I am curious why your running such small 24/26 inch wheels? why not Alaska Bush Tires 29" or 33" tires?
Build time for me was about 1,200 hours, plus more for rework and modifications I chose to do. This is a quickbuild kit, the build experience was good, life changing in fact, almost a defining moment in my young life. This is the standard landing gear, it takes a couple of hours to assemble. We also have 31" tires which we use on it most of the time. Small tires are for speed only.
Hi mate, I'm really enjoying your videos.
What model Bearhawk is it?
This is a '4-place' Bearhawk.
What weight is it mate? I'm looking at building an lsa, just waiting to see what is happening with casa changing the MTOW to 760kg
My understanding is you can register a Bearhawk LSA as an Experimental with a VH registration. Don't you free yourself of the 600 kilogram weight restriction under those circumstances?
What do you reckon the total build cost was? Cool plane and hanger!
Lycoming O-540 are insanely expencive these days, a new one will cost around 100k.
i don't know why he kept this engine, i know it's the default engine but there are so many new and cheaper engine that would do the job better, with FADEC you don't have to bother with mixture and stuff
@@crazytrader7935 You can get one for $28k USD in an experimental aircraft.
Who can dislike this video ?
That's a whole lot of engine you have there, about the only thing bigger than that is an IO-720 & I actually have one of those! Here's a video of the Bearhawk factory. ua-cam.com/video/MZWF5GHO2is/v-deo.html