Source: 2024 Q3 Beartracks, Tim Weaver
Having built a Bearhawk 4-Place and a Bearhawk LSA, my latest project is this Bearhawk Five. The engine, a Lycoming IO-540, was built by Mike Meador, coupled with a three blade composite Hartzell propeller.
The Dynon instrument panel with autopilot was completed by Advanced Flight Systems of Canby, Oregon.
The floor boards and other beginning processes were started. After I completed many interior details like window frames, heat ducts, and autopilot mounting plates, (time consuming for sure), I made and fit all fuselage access hole frames etc., fit cowl, door, and window skins. I began covering it with the Stewart System in the winter of 2023. While Lancaster Aero Refinishers painted it, I continued work on the wings, adding the control mechanism and wiring. In late spring and summer of 2024, I installed the engine and propeller and tested the instrument panel. The engine break in happened exactly two years from the start of the project, following the Lycoming break in procedures. I expect to have finished the plane around the time of this publication.

In the photo below, Sean Geist, who custom makes composite parts, is making windscreen trim piece.