Source: 2019 Q4 Beartracks, Dave Yacentiuk
Special Certificate of Airworthiness is in hand after a 10 year “quick build”. I built it to replace a Maule M5-210C as a touring aircraft.
Specs: IO-540 260HP; Hartzell 2 blade; Vetterman exhaust; AUX fuel tanks; Poly-Fiber fabric with Ranthane paint. Fabric in-terior. Dual G3X Touch; G5 backup with backup batteries for both sets of displays. GMA245 Audio panel; 2- GTR200 Comm; GTX 345 TXP; Artex 406 ELT. Steinair wire harness and avionics.
Empty Weight 1540 pounds, 10.25″ oil. Performance: 65% cruise 148mph; 75% 156mph. Climb rate 1200+ fpm at 2500 pounds, 52 degrees F, 1100 asl. Used EAA Flight Test Manual as guidance. Highly rec-ommend using it. Slight wing heavy. Solved by taping a 1/8″ X 5″ piece of plastic rod to aileron TE bottom. Aileron stick force is a little heavier than expected, but not bothersome. On the whole; a well designed aircraft and kit. Mark has been excellent to work with. Repeat offender; built Ulti-mate 10-200 aerobatic biplane, upgross kit and recovered Maule, rebuilt Stinson 108, and metal spar conversion of 7ECA Citabria.