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Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2010 12:27:30 -0800 (PST)
From: Dwayne Parkinson <dwayneparkinson@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Bear hawk dream airplane
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Just a little perspective.  I've been interested in the Bearhawk since I first 
read the article published by Budd Davison back in 1995.  I've talked to many 
many people who own, build and fly these planes over the years at Oshkosh and 
regional fly ins.  This is the very first negative comment I've ever heard about 
the plane aside from "they take a long time to build."  I don't know the person 
in question, but I'd take it with a gigantic grain of salt and by all means read 
every single post on the Bearhawk builder group.  

As it pertains to this group I'll say that the Bearhawk by design has a lot of 
weight on the tail wheel.  Putting a relatively light rotary in it would imply 
that you should probably locate the battery up front to benefit the CG.  


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From: Don Walker <drwalker@gbis.com>
To: Rotary motors in aircraft <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Mon, November 8, 2010 12:43:03 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Bear hawk dream airplane

Dustin,
My hanger landlord, a 20,000 hour ATP finished building a Bearhawk with an 0-540 
in it.  He's a serial builder and it's a 10.5 out of 10.  According to him, the 
design has several serious flaws.  He put it on it's back in a moderate 
crosswind.  Cost him 30 grand.  After checking out the problem he found:  The 
landing gear from the factory are not straight.  He modified and straightened 
them.  It needs Much more engine offset.  The tail is much too small.  Factory 
support leaves much to be desired and design deficiency problems are left to be 
worked out by the builders.  The company may be in financial trouble.  I have 
flown it in once with him since all the rework.  Nice solid airplane and not as 
heavy on the controls as many.  I watched his landing on a no wind day and he 
worked very hard with a lot of fast stick and rudder work.  He still won't fly 
it with moderate cross winds.  There is a Bearhawk builders group on Yahoo.  
Suggest you spend a lot of time reading over the postings.  Just a heads up.

Don Walker
RV-8 Renesis
Flying and modifying

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<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Just a little perspective. &nbsp;I've been interested in the Bearhawk since I first read the article published by Budd Davison back in 1995. &nbsp;I've talked to many many people who own, build and fly these planes over the years at Oshkosh and regional fly ins. &nbsp;This is the very first negative comment I've ever heard about the plane aside from "they take a long time to build." &nbsp;I don't know the person in question, but I'd take it with a gigantic grain of salt and by all means read every single post on the Bearhawk builder group. &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div>As it pertains to this group I'll say that the Bearhawk by design has a lot of weight on the tail wheel. &nbsp;Putting a relatively light rotary in it would imply that you should probably locate the battery up front to benefit the CG.
 &nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:13px"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Don Walker &lt;drwalker@gbis.com&gt;<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> Rotary motors in aircraft &lt;flyrotary@lancaironline.net&gt;<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, November 8, 2010 12:43:03 PM<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [FlyRotary] Bear hawk dream airplane<br></font><br>
Dustin,<br>My hanger landlord, a 20,000 hour ATP finished building a Bearhawk with an 0-540 in it.&nbsp; He's a serial builder and it's a 10.5 out of 10.&nbsp; According to him, the design has several serious flaws.&nbsp; He put it on it's back in a moderate crosswind.&nbsp; Cost him 30 grand.&nbsp; After checking out the problem he found:&nbsp; The landing gear from the factory are not straight.&nbsp; He modified and straightened them.&nbsp; It needs Much more engine offset.&nbsp; The tail is much too small.&nbsp; Factory support leaves much to be desired and design deficiency problems are left to be worked out by the builders.&nbsp; The company may be in financial trouble.&nbsp; I have flown it in once with him since all the rework.&nbsp; Nice solid airplane and not as heavy on the controls as many.&nbsp; I watched his landing on a no wind day and he worked very hard with a lot of fast stick and rudder work.&nbsp; He still won't fly it with moderate
 cross winds.&nbsp; There is a Bearhawk builders group on Yahoo.&nbsp; Suggest you spend a lot of time reading over the postings.&nbsp; Just a heads up.<br><br>Don Walker<br>RV-8 Renesis<br>Flying and modifying<br><br>--<br><span>Homepage:&nbsp; <a target="_blank" href="http://www.flyrotary.com/">http://www.flyrotary.com/</a></span><br><span>Archive and UnSub:&nbsp;  <a target="_blank" href="http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html">http://mail.lancaironline.net:81/lists/flyrotary/List.html</a></span><br></div></div><div style="position:fixed"></div>


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