Barrows Bearhawk Patrol
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| name = Bearhawk Patrol | image = Donald M Aldridge - j Hatcher Fe Bearhawk Patrol (N774PK).jpg | caption = }}{{Infobox aircraft type | type = Homebuilt aircraft | national origin = United States | manufacturer = Bearhawk Aircraft | designer = Bob Barrows | first flight = | introduced = | retired = | status = In production (2012) | primary user = | more users = | produced = | number built = 3 (2011) | program cost = | unit cost = | developed from = Barrows Bearhawk | variants with their own articles = Bearhawk Companion }} |
The Barrows Bearhawk Patrol is a two-seat aircraft, that was designed to meet United States homebuilt aircraft category requirements. It was developed from the four-seat Barrows Bearhawk.{{cite journal|journal=Sport Aviation|date=January 2009|page=17}}Vandermeullen, Richard: 2012 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 44. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851Tacke, Willi; Marino Boric; et al: World Directory of Light Aviation 2015-16, page 102. Flying Pages Europe SARL, 2015. {{ISSN|1368-485X}}
A development of the Patrol is the Bearhawk Companion, a two seat in side-by-side configuration variant.{{cite web|url = https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/bearhawk-introduces-side-by-side-companion/|title = Bearhawk Introduces Side-By-Side Companion|access-date = 28 August 2019|last = Cook|first = Marc|work =AVweb |date = 26 August 2019}}
Design and development
The Bearhawk Patrol is designed to improve on the Piper Super Cub. It is a single engine, strut-braced, high-wing, tandem seat aircraft with conventional landing gear or floats. The fuselage is constructed with welded steel tubing with aircraft fabric covering. The wing spars and ribs are aluminum with aluminum covering. The flaps deploy up to 40 degrees.{{cite web|title=Bearhawk Patrol|url=http://www.bearhawkaircraft.com/Patrol/Pdescription.php|accessdate=24 February 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120204081139/http://www.bearhawkaircraft.com/Patrol/Pdescription.php|archivedate=4 February 2012}}
Specifications (Bearhawk Patrol)
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