Bill,
Russ Erb.
He calls his plane "three sigma" for a good reason, just took a long time to build and debug. He was pretty vocal about the flight qualities, as he took a ton of ribbing from the crew for his ground loop on one the first flights, doing some damage.
Russ had a bunch of little issues when starting off with his scratch built Bearhawk. He has about 200 hours on his now and commented "I'm beginning to like this plane".
It is not a "hands free" airplane, but rest your arm on your leg. Finger and thumb on the stick lightly, feet resting on rudder pedals and you'll be fine.
Usually I'm in a 172N Rental... I can sit back and it flies itself. I'm just along for the ride. Bearhawk makes you stay awake to fly it. Different planes, different missions. I like the sweet spot of speed, cargo, capacity and range. It doesn't excel at any one item, but meets all them nicely.
Tom
Russ Erb.
He calls his plane "three sigma" for a good reason, just took a long time to build and debug. He was pretty vocal about the flight qualities, as he took a ton of ribbing from the crew for his ground loop on one the first flights, doing some damage. Russ had a bunch of little issues when starting off with his scratch built Bearhawk. He has about 200 hours on his now and commented "I'm beginning to like this plane".
It is not a "hands free" airplane, but rest your arm on your leg. Finger and thumb on the stick lightly, feet resting on rudder pedals and you'll be fine.
Usually I'm in a 172N Rental... I can sit back and it flies itself. I'm just along for the ride. Bearhawk makes you stay awake to fly it. Different planes, different missions. I like the sweet spot of speed, cargo, capacity and range. It doesn't excel at any one item, but meets all them nicely.
Tom
