SparrowHawk III Coming to Seattle

[r.coplen]

Yaaaa!!!,

GBA Gyroplanes of Seattle LLC will be receiving the very first SparrowHawk III kit sold next Wednesday. We are planning to have an open house Friday afternoon to show off the kit. Devon Hansen, SparrowHawk project manager and GBA Senior Vice President, Robin Wilson will be at the open house.

I guess I was able to get the first SparrowHawk III because I bought the very first SparrowHawk kit shipped.

I am proposing to PRA Chapter 30 that we build the SparrowHawk III as a club project and we see how much work it is to build. There will be lots of pictures posted on the build as it goes along.

I know it took over 1,000 hours to build my first SparrowHawk kit. The second one I built took about 600 hours.

I wonder how long this kit will take to build? We'll see. Any guesses?

David Overman, our CFI is a very happy guy because he gets a brand new gyro with more power and hundreds of upgrades.

[Timchick]

Is the Sparrowhawk III the quick build kit?

[ezeddie]

Mr. Coplen,
"David Overman, our CFI is a very happy guy because he gets a brand new gyro with more power and hundreds of upgrades."

I can see the big smile on David's face. Looking forward to the build pix's. Might require a trip over the mountains for a look.......... Congrat's...

eddie......

[r.coplen]

Tim,

The SparrowHawk III is certainly going to be a much quicker build. As of yet the SparrowHawk III has not received the FAA legal "Quick Build" status. GBA is working with the FAA and, I believe, will soon attain that goal. There is a lot of additional focus by the FAA in that area to make sure that kits are a 51% owner build.

[amphib]

Randy,

Please post info on when/where!

Thanks,

Neil

[Heather Poe]

The SparrowHawk III Open House will be at the Auburn Airport from 4 PM to 7 PM on Friday, December 21st and 9 AM to 11 AM on Saturday, December 22nd. Please RSVP Randy Coplen at (206) 947-4900.
Map to area:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&time=&date=&ttype=&q=auburn+washington+airport&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=58.337319,68.378906&ie=UTF8&ll=47.325647,-122.233458&spn=0.024755,0.033388&t=h&z=15&om=1
Just to the above right of the green arrow on E Street NE are some new hangers that are not shown in the photograph. Call Randy when you get there to get in the security gate.

[Gyrobound]

Does it have the same look as the SparrowHawk II or are there any changes in cabin etc?

Scott

[Heather Poe]

Scott,
The SparrowHawk I, II, and III all look similar, but GBA continually improves and refines their product, so there are small visible differences. For example, on my SparrowHawk II it all the fuel connections are external to the cabin, but they are inside the SparrowHawk I cabin. In my kit the structural connection between the overhead console and the cabin are also improved.
Heather

[Heather Poe]

Randy Coplen asked me to add the Saturday date to the announcement.

[StanFoster]

Randy: Congratulations on the SparrowHawk 3. I am sure it will be another nice one.


Stan

[Steve McGowan]

Ok .. Yall knock it off and post PICTURES.... Come ON NOW...:boink:

If ya have Merlin helpin on the build, It'll be NICE..:D

[r.coplen]

Hi Steve,

The kit will be here next Wednesday so I will post pictures by Thursday evening. I will try to compare upgrades as we do the build.

[Bob F]

Steve,

Merlin is spoken for ! He's helping me with my SparrowHawk build.

Bob F