Builder-Made Alternative Tail Wires

Source: 2007 Q2 Beartracks, Bob Barrows
The tail wires & wire ends shown are as used on Bearhawk Proto I & II and Patrol. These wires have worked well for over 1600 combined hours of flight with only some repainting needed. Bob

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Pirep – Trip to Sun-n-Fun 2007

Source: 2007 Q2 Beartracks, Kevin Deutscher
My interest in this trip was to see the Bearhawk operate in a real world environment and use that information to assist in selecting components and configuring my Bearhawk. There are a zillion compromises made in a project like this and we all hope to make correct choices and have something to be proud of when complete. The other purpose is to obtain some real performance data.

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Making Beartracks ‘Reality Check’

Source: 2007 Q2 Beartracks, Pat Fagan
The Mojave Desert is a place dear to my heart where I have had the most incredible adventures and made many wonderful memories. Unfortunately, it has now taken on a new meaning for me. This is where my dreams ended.

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Noodling Bearhawk Weight and Balance, Part 2

Source: 2007 Q1 Beartracks, Rob Gaddy. Click here for Noodling Bearhawk Weight and Balance, Part 1
Before we begin, I made an error in Part I of this article. In Figure 3 the weight on the main gear should be 1,196 pounds, not the 1,271 pounds shown. The 1,196 pounds is just the measured weight on the main tires, the 600 pounds for the right gear plus the 596 pounds for the left gear. Since we were summing the moments around the main gear, the error did not affect the calculation.

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