Patrol Flying Report

Source: 2003 Q4 Beartracks, by Greg King
The Bearhawk Patrol is a 2-place tandem sport-utility aircraft that is heavily influenced by the 4-place Bearhawk. it has the same wingspan - 33 feet - but slightly longer wings to make up for the narrower fuselage. The flaps are longer with the inboard ends now extending all the way to the fuselage to increase effectiveness. The tail is smaller because of a slightly smaller CG range and more effective airfoil-shaped horizontal stabilizer.

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Update from Tom Yeoman

Source: 2003 Q2 Beartracks, by Mike Meador

Let's hear a little bit from Tom Yeoman about his Lycoming (formerly Ford) powered Bearhawk from the Bearhawk Yahoo group:

Hi Group, I just uploaded a few pics of my bird with its new paint and Bob's O-360-exp engine. I am feeling much better with not worrying about anything I may have done with the Ford conversion that was in it.

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Alternator Information

Source: 2013-Q1 Beartracks, by Mike Meador

Back in the January 2001 issue of Beartracks I ran a photo of a neat little alternator from John Deere. I mentioned a website to get more information- that website is now defunct, so I will publish here the wiring diagrams to use this alternator.

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