Fly Your New Bearhawk 4-Place

1. Develop a Flight Test Plan

1.1. FAA/DAR Inspection

1.1.1. Fuel Flow Test

1.1.2. Determine Empty Weight and Balance

1.1.2.1. Final Assembly

1.1.2.1.1. Cover flaps and ailerons

1.1.2.1.2. Install Main Landing Gear

1.1.2.1.3. Fabricate Cowling

1.1.2.1.4. Install Engine Baffles

1.1.2.1.5. Install Tailwheel (Leaf Spring)

1.1.2.1.6. Install Tailwheel Round Spring (Model B)

1.1.2.1.7. Upholster Seats

1.1.2.1.8. Install Seatbelts

1.1.2.1.9. Cabin ventilation

1.1.2.1.10. Install Doors

1.1.2.1.11. Create fiberglass windshield lower fairing

1.1.2.1.12. Cover Fuselage

1.1.3. First Engine Start

1.1.3.1. Prime Oil System

2. Prerequisites

2.1. About the Kit Builder Manuals

2.2. Kit Builder Support

2.3. Workshop Setup

2.4. Types of Threads

2.5. General Nicopress

2.6. General Plumbing

2.7. General Drilling

2.8. General Aluminum

2.9. General Riveting

2.10. General Steel Handling

2.11. Welding for the Kit Builder

2.12. General Fiberglass

2.13. How to Install Nutplates

3. Rigging Tips