Bearhawk

Primed the wing tips and the upper strut fairings #bearhawk #eaa #homebuiltaircraft (at Rotorua, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMWbrQKBSNY/?igshid=4pv9mniafauz

Skylight has come out after discovering numerous cracks. Reminder don’t over tighten the bolts next time. Door handles and Perspex fitted to front door. Thanks again @helpwoody #bearhawk #homebuiltaircraft #eaa #oratex (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMI_YeDBWZk/?igshid=1e82zsr1f9410

With both Gary and Brad working today we got heaps done. Window sealed and fairings fitted. Lower panel completed. #bearhawk #lycoming #eaa #homebuiltaircraft (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMI-wquhcWa/?igshid=11qa7zfa0n3s6

Gary stopped by and remade the LH bottom panel as the old one no longer fits. This gave me a chance to fit the boot cowls and windshield. #bearhawk #homebuiltaircraft #lycoming #oratex #eaa (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMGc0hIh-Qc/?igshid=1q7foi2gszbap

Starting to close up sections. #bearhawk (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CL1GFAYByxl/?igshid=1fu7eys2y7t2b

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Lots of jobs getting finished off before closing the boot cowl and fitting the windscreen. (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLyJieJB2NV/?igshid=1eanuy0qc3tq6

Electrical power established for the first time. All good so far. Need to bring out another battery so I can spend some time string up all the serial ports. #grtavionics #garminaviation #bearhawk (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CLGBHbxh6b7/?igshid=4t1u5nyh531t

Finishing up some electrical work. Endurance bus complete. This load is kept below 8 amps and as such can be run indefinitely by the SD-8 standby alternator. The diode being wired up is part of the relay which provides an alternate feed for the endurance bus from the normal main bus to the batt bus (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CK9gyt-hNlk/?igshid=ckpsk66bjt66

Setting the nose bowl in place. The hardboard crescents are 1/4 inch spacers between the back of the spinner and the nose bowl. All are clamped together and the cowling is measured back from there. #bearhawk (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CKxmG7jh3a8/?igshid=127o4rhomjsaj

@helpwoody kindly asked if there was anything I needed help with. Inside door handles. I had no solution. So after sending him the CAD file for my door mechanism. This is what he did. #bearhawk https://www.instagram.com/p/CJxgt6whVi8/?igshid=290xlcff92i5

Battery cables fabricated and battery finally installed. A stainless steel doubler plate added to strengthen up the fire wall. #bearhawk #odessybattery (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJqNbFpBw7o/?igshid=1hoqosjrxhelb

Long day doing lots of bitsy jobs. Mainly crimping connectors and fitting engine instrument sendors. None of which were on my to do list of course. #bearhawk (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJknZQUhCIQ/?igshid=6j7uej67rozd

CHT & EGT installed. EGT probe holes drilled 3” below the exhaust flange. CHT bayonet fitting screwed in with anti seize. #bearhawk (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJh47p3BiE8/?igshid=etlh9j3xgkii

Prop installed temporarily in order to get an accurate measurement of the gap between the nose bowl and the spinner. #bearhawk #hartzell (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJh0Or7hPxc/?igshid=iebefnjgbe75

Temp engine mount bots replaced with final AN7-34. Vetterman exhaust installed. A three into one system. Throttle and mixture controls connected to the Bendix throttle body. #bearhawk #lycoming #vettermanexhaust (at Rotorua Regional Airport) https://www.instagram.com/p/CJfg-zBBs5V/?igshid=bxgdy29ek3ho