Barrows Bearhawk
The Bearhawk, is a line of light utility aircraft produced by Bearhawk Aircraft of Fairview, Oklahoma. The aircraft is supplied as a kit or as plans for amateur construction.
Design and development
The Bearhawk was designed in the early 1990s as a personal project by Barrows to carry aircraft engines for delivery as freight. It features a strut-braced high-wing, a four-seat enclosed cabin that is wide and accessed by doors, fixed conventional landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.The aircraft fuselage is made from welded steel tubing covered in doped aircraft fabric, while the wings are made from aluminum sheet. Its span wing employs a NACA 4412 mod airfoil, has an area of and mounts flaps. The aircraft's recommended engine power range is and standard engines used include the Lycoming O-360 and Lycoming O-540 four-stroke powerplants. Construction time from the supplied kit is 1200 hours.
The prototype was fitted with a Lycoming O-360 burning automotive fuel, but in August 2023, the option of fitting the DeltaHawk DHK180 type certified, two-stroke diesel engine was added.
Operational history
By October 2016, 77 examples had been registered in the United States with the Federal Aviation Administration and 11 with Transport Canada.Variants
;Bearhawk;Bearhawk Bravo
;Patrol
;Companion