< PreviousKiwiFlyer Magazine Issue 95 60 Leaders in Helicopter Sales and Service Number One for Robinson Helicopter Sales & Service Heliflite are proud New Zealand and Australian Distributors for Robinson and Kopter Helicopters We invite you to visit our website for details of more than 20 New and Pre-owned Helicopters currently in stock throughout Australasia www.heliflite.com.au Sales (NZ): Brett Sanders 021 748 984 brett@heliflite.nz Sales (AU): Rob Bentley-Johnston +61 4 0319 6219 R.B.J@heliflite.com.au Service: Zack Erdos 021 748 608 zack@heliflite.nz Parts: Sylvia Sanders 09 299 9442 sylvia@heliflite.nz The Bearhawk Patrol is designed to improve on the Piper Super Cub; intended for comfort, endurance and fun. Available on wheels or floats, the fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing with fabric covering, having a generous cabin space and a large cargo door. Wing spars and ribs are aluminium. The Patrol’s flight controls are light and responsive at cruise and slow speeds. Low landing speeds are enhanced by the use of the 18 foot span, manually operated flaps (up to 40 degrees). Graham started building his plane from plans four years ago, starting with building and welding the fuselage and tail plane components. He said he benefitted from having built and flown planes before as he knew where to improve where cables ran, or add cable guides to reduce long term wear. After a year of building Graham decided that time and age were against him so he purchased the quick build wing kit which included two wing tanks. Unfortunately one of the tanks was twisted so that had to be replaced. Now with the fuselage and tail plane 90% finished Graham was able to fit the wings, run cables and install the engine. The engine is a 150 hp Lycoming O-320 with a Catto fixed propeller. The engine came from a crashed helicopter and had only logged 400 hours. Graham bought two new cylinders made with modern castings which will improve the cooling and also new electronic mags. To convert this helicopter engine to a plane engine the oil pickup had to be moved and the carburettor was changed to horizontal. In January 2022 the aircraft was sandblasted and in March it was painted with a striking blue and white colour scheme. Graham has installed round gauges as this is what he is used to and finds them easy to read. Graham said he enjoyed building this aircraft, particularly the learnings and problem solving along the way. As it is an amateur-built aircraft Graham also completed his PPL during the project. ZK-MAY (his wife’s middle name) is recently completed and flown. Graham is (of course) very happy with the result of his efforts. 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