Bear Aircraft

[Penguinracer]

For those of you who always wanted a two-place high-speed cross country machine with strong aerobatic capability...something to dream
about:
http://www.bearaircraft.com/

[SlipStream77]

Thats looks great. I noticed the stall speed in landing config is 70 knots, are most aerobatic planes like that?

[mrmaggit]

Looks nice. I'd like to see one in FW190 colours.

[shouldbworking]

I was half expecting one of these

[eharding]

SlipStream77 said:

Thats looks great. I noticed the stall speed in landing config is 70 knots, are most aerobatic planes like that?

Well, most aerobatic aircraft have fixed gear and no flaps, so there is no landing configuration as such.

You'd be flying the final approach at about 95 knots in the Bear - in an Extra 300, look for 90 knots, 90mph in the Pitts S1, 80mph in the S2, and 150 kph in the Yak 52 - you wouldn't want to be any slower that that.

[skyslimit]

That Bear kit is a lovely looking thing. TASing out at 200kt+ is incredible, thats quicker than my twin!

So jealous of the guys who get to do aero's as a hobby. CFI out here has a Pitts, and he can fair make that thing dance.

Looks like HUGE fun.

[hurstg01]

shouldbworking said:

I was half expecting one of these

me too

[Simpo Two]

My word, so that's what a Mitsubishi Zero/P51 Mustang hybrid would look like:

[Magog]

Simpo Two said:

My word, so that's what a Mitsubishi Zero/P51 Mustang hybrid would look like:

Why has it got missiles (AAM?) fitted, is it designed for the 21st century african dictator to blast the etonion educated merceneries 727 out of the sky?

[eharding]

Magog said:

Why has it got missiles (AAM?) fitted, is it designed for the 21st century african dictator to blast the etonion educated merceneries 727 out of the sky?

No. It's a slightly sad seppo thang.

The Americans are blessed with the "Experimental" aircraft registration category - a truly inspired institution, it means that provided you're prepared to sit in it, you can strap three carrots and a turbojet to a refrigerator, stencil the appropriate "Experimental" placards in the right places, and go flying.

Generally, it means that hugely talented low-volume manufacturers can produce innovative aircraft of unparalleled quality, and allow people who understand what they're doing to fly them.

It does, however, also allow people who probably don't know what they're doing to bolt the occasional bit of bling to an airframe. Everyone else cringes a bit, and moves on.