whee wrote:A BH is basically the same size at a Maule. Not all that big. Here’s an overlay of a BH on top of a M5.


I’ll be having the plane certified and insured as a 4-place. When we near the end of phase 1 I’ll make a log entry to make it a 5-place and have it insured as such.

Next stupid question: Is the BH the light lines or the dark lines?

I'd say the darker lines as a guess

My bad. BH is the dark lines.

whee wrote:A BH is basically the same size at a Maule. Not all that big. Here’s an overlay of a BH on top of a M5.


I’ll be having the plane certified and insured as a 4-place. When we near the end of phase 1 I’ll make a log entry to make it a 5-place and have it insured as such.

Did you design the dorsal fin for the bearhawk? I havent seen one with the dorsal before

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whee wrote:A BH is basically the same size at a Maule. Not all that big. Here’s an overlay of a BH on top of a M5.


I’ll be having the plane certified and insured as a 4-place. When we near the end of phase 1 I’ll make a log entry to make it a 5-place and have it insured as such.

Did you design the dorsal fin for the bearhawk? I havent seen one with the dorsal before

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No. That overlay was done by another builder and I think he added the dorsal.

whee wrote:

jlacharite wrote:

whee wrote:A BH is basically the same size at a Maule. Not all that big. Here’s an overlay of a BH on top of a M5.


I’ll be having the plane certified and insured as a 4-place. When we near the end of phase 1 I’ll make a log entry to make it a 5-place and have it insured as such.

Did you design the dorsal fin for the bearhawk? I havent seen one with the dorsal before

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No. That overlay was done by another builder and I think he added the dorsal.

Ah gotcha! Curious how beneficial it really is

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jlacharite wrote:

whee wrote:
No. That overlay was done by another builder and I think he added the dorsal.

Ah gotcha! Curious how beneficial it really is

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Actual, that's a good question - the new go-fast xcub has one for directional stability...

CamTom12 wrote:

jlacharite wrote:

whee wrote:
No. That overlay was done by another builder and I think he added the dorsal.

Ah gotcha! Curious how beneficial it really is

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Actual, that's a good question - the new go-fast xcub has one for directional stability...

From my limited experience the BH doesn’t have a need for additional directional stability. I wonder if the builder that did the overly had plans to install floats.

tedwaltman wrote:Minor suggestion...pull the rear bench seat out when you license/register it. License it as a 4-place. Insurance higher as a 6-place.

Educate me... what would be the purpose of registering it with fewer seats? In Idaho at least the registration fee is calculated from gross weight so not sure what I am missing.


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Fewer seats means less potential liability/payout for insurance, so that is where the cost savings is. Don't think there's much difference in registration.

Today we put her on the scales! I've been looking forward to this day for a long time. I've been pretty worried about how much overweight it was going to be because of the bigger windows, skylight, full plexi doors, and too many layers of paint.

Hangar is too crowded and messy for in process pics. Sorry. But I did roller it outside later in the day for a quick photo op.







We will weigh it again in the near future after we decide if we want carpet, add any decals to the exterior, etc.

Keeping us in suspense? Curious what it weighed at this stage.


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Split the pot? I’ll put $20 on 1471lbs

Looks great!!

akschu wrote:Split the pot? I’ll put $20 on 1471lbs

I'm in for 20 at 1472. Haha.

looking great whee!

Looks great man! 90% done, 90% to go[emoji1]

Looks awesome Whee congratulations on a job well done!

I'm saying 1499.

Sorry guys, I was pretty excited yesterday but I hadn't yet decided if we should do a weight guessing pool with a split pot to benefit BCP. We hadn't had the plane out of the hangar for a while and I was pretty pleased with how it looks and wanted to share

akschu wrote:Split the pot? I’ll put $20 on 1471lbs

No, I don't think so. I don't think there is enough interest to make it worth the hassle.

I'll probably add cowl flaps before the first flight but otherwise the only thing that wasn't on the plane that should have been is the N number. I don't think a couple ounces of vinyl will through the weight off too much. The covers missing in the photo were on the plane during the weigh in.

Each tank had unusable fuel (1.5gal) and the engine was filled with oil (10qts).

Weighing was done using calibrated race car scales.

Light weight, good work!