This scratch-built Patrol belongs to Jeff and Lynne Stoltenberg, both qualified pilots. It includes a Lycoming 360 and a Hartzell prop.

Jeff installed VGs at 4.5% of chord, or 64.25″ forward of the trailing edge. Like nearly everyone, he says he gets a big improvement in the low speed performance with very little top-end penalty.

Bearhawks with as-designed flap systems require some locks to keep the flaps up when parking outdoors. Here is Jeff’s solution:

Check out this cool back-seat GPS mount. Well, it’s mounted to the front seat, but it’s in the perfect spot for the back seater to have some increased situational awareness.

This airplane as an aluminum skin belly.