I flew a Hawk Classic for 14years and around 1500hr Loved that plane

Tell Dave thanks for letting us watch him train, good stuff for those of us looking to get into the air again. I wish I was local so I could have you as a CFI.

Thanks guys. Feels like I am almost in the pilots seat, practicing.

Very well done, Dave. Both on rebuilding a beautiful Hawk and on your flying despite the winds. Looking forward to seeing more of the Hawk! Cheers!

I value your videos and thank you for your hard work putting them together. I learn so much because of the way that you describe and explain how to fly a microlight. Dave and Vicky are doing so well. Keep up the good work and if any of you ever wants to visit New Zealand, we are happy to accommodate you. Great looking plane.

You can thank me for the external mic socket for the Contour camera. That was my invention. I hacked an earlier version way back in 2009-2010. I posted pictures and videos of my mod back to Contour and they liked it so much they put it on their next models .....and sent me a free Contour as a thank you. True story. I love seeing the instruction and progression. Nice. Intercom is nice and clear too.

Hawk is my favorite ultralight design and that one is a beauty. Matt - you are a great teacher btw. It's also nice to teach someone on their own plane because if they break it's their problem.

That plane looks to of turned out fantastic! I really like that color scheme a lot. I can’t wait to see all of you guys and of course the talented lady, all flying together in formation during magic hour on some epic adventure someday!🤗

Great job Dave and Matt. Just started flying mine too. Love those colors.

A great way to help with radio communications (my instructor taught me this)...Woodstock traffic - who you are - where you are - what you want to do - Woodstock. No matter what portion of flight (or ground for that matter) you always say who you are, where you are, and what you want to do. It simplifies everything for the nervous pilot who has his hands full of airplane. :-)

Good Job on the landings and the refurbishing of the Hawk Dave !! Matt you are a great instructor buddy keep up the good work building the ultralight community.. Down River Tim (Oak Point Area)

That looked so much fun, so jealous...Nice sounding engine and excellent video..

Great video though. I enjoy watching you guys fly

Fantastic rebuild job! Matt, your an excellent instructor...

Training videos are my favorite! Especially when paired with the CGS Hawk. 👍🏻👍🏻

Sweet set up! Woodstock

That looks like a lot of fun Great job 👍

You have one sweet sounding engine. It doesn't miss a beat!

Great video Matt, ! I would love to have a instructor like yourself one day! I love that plane as well. Need to look up the load though to see if me and my son would fit! LoL Blessings to ya !

That was an excellent and interesting tour and lesson. Now I want to learn especially as I could have an instructor in a two seater so as to get used to the microlight type of craft! Thank you, perhaps now I will have a flying dream? SkipRay, Kerry, Ireland.

Great instruction, great learning.

Awesome everything! Dave I was sweating, sitting in my chair, 10k miles away. I had forearm pump, just like you :), squeezing my mouse! Just watched you solo on another video so I know all's good!!!

I love this aircraft. Thanks for doing a vid on it!

Fantastic video! My father Chuck would have enjoyed watching! Thanks for sharing!

It was fun flying with you guys especially in the Hawk which I have a very soft spot for. I was The #2 man in a 3-man team that built one in 1984 (Pickering ON Can). It was a very gratifying project especially when our test pilot lifted off after only runs on a grass field. He was very impressed at how well balanced it felt without any trims.

Thanks so much for great content! Nice video.

That hawk is a really nice plane, nice job Dave.

Good work, men! Another fine pilot is in the making! Does he have cabin heat, Matt? And he is an advanced ultralight with that rig, I'm guessing? Fly safe you guys!

I would suggest moving the fuel pump higher than the pulsation port as it could be filled with gas and oil after a while and you do not any more engine problems

Just started using my flaps. Makes a big difference. Jumps off the ground and lands like a feather.

excellent IP ......excellent student pilot. Thanks

That looks like a lot of fun. Makes me want to learn to fly.

Nice light plane. Keep on going. I like that ! From jpn 👍

nice-looking plane love the colour

I’ve never seen a flying tent before 🤣. Fantastic.

I like this airplane. I often wanted to close in my aerolite 103 like this but too afraid it might make it handle funny.. sure would be nice on cold days and itd be easy to duct in warm air off the air cooled engine.

My Dad sold an assembled this type for his customers also flight time in such , that was i n the early 1980, non two place airframes in that era , I have several hours in them , Loved it all ..

Good job Dave!

That front tire looks just like the wheel I just bought to replace my wheel barrow tire.

you guys are so funny.... superb .

Good work keeping Dave on point and being positive, very hard in those sort of conditions. SOunds like he needs to look at those brakes though! I take it you didn't use flaps for the landing due to the crosswind, to help keep energy and for ease of a go around, the same as I do on my plane?

It's like a flying tent 😂

Another plane I'm considering Thanx for that

Awesome!

The pilot did excellent take offs and landings .4/24/2021

Thanks for this, really interesting, particularly the quick chat on the engine. Would be interest to hear a comparison to the equivalent rotax

Dave your landings are good .matt is a good instructor to have . 8/21/2021

Hirth seems really smooth

Great video! Glad to see you guys flying in that weather, good training for when it happens in “real life”. Nice Hawk you have there! What size tires are you using? They look a bit bigger than the ones on my Hawk, like that nose wheel too! Blue skies guys!

Well Matt your a lot more patient then my flying instructor was to me LOL!!

Saludos Buenos Aires . Argentina . 👍👍👍👍👍👍

Very cool

New subscriber, liking the channel!

Student pilot did very good Flying. 6/11/2021

Cool....Well done.. :-)

I like the CGS Hawk, I like any ultralight that fly. But again I like the Chinook more.

That hawk looks like a shadow

freekin awesome

I love this plane must get me one

Kinda makes me wish I had one

He'll be fine, be landing in sandbanks before you know it, he might not even run into trees at a snowy field lol.

The canvas enclosed cockpit makes this plane look cool. Can you fly it in cold weather in comfort?

Nice video. Why do you use flaps on takeoff, but not on touch n go”s ?

One really doesn't need to joke about having to make emergency landings. while it's always a relief when you walk away from one, I'm not sure that I would boast on an airplane that has many engine failures.

god i wish ultralights werent so overlooked in flightsims, id love to have a hawk in xplane11

I didn’t see locknuts on the back of Dave’s prop or maybe it was the angle 👍

Just wondering why you aren't using flaps apart from the first take-off 😀

That front wheel looks like its off a wheelbarrow.........LOL!

Nice

Put a check nut and a lock pin in front of propeller lock nut.

How about a video about the problems that Dave run into making that engine air worthy. You mentioned he had to dead stick a few times.

Beautiful enclosed Hawk! Other than fuel and HP why isn't it an ultralight?

Hey Matt can you do an update on Dave’s hawk

Hi, it is very nice, how much it costs?

You experience carb ice on the bing 54? Never experienced that ever on my 582.

i think if i had a plane like this id convert it to a tail dragger

👏👍👍👍❤️ только закрытые кабины! Иначе не чувствуешь самолёт!

Love your channel. How can a guy in Tennessee get into an ultralght?

You need a PPL to fly the two seater version, right? Awesome plane.

So is a license required in this plane for the average flyer or is the 2nd seat only for teaching? Don't worry, I know nothing, nada, zero, zip, nor zilch about these things but am curious? I hear the weight of 254lbs as part of the restriction but IDKnow so I'm out here watching, learning, and asking these dumb questions. Thanks for the video

How much weight can you safely fly with?

was he on the brake at 9:55?...sparks come out of the left main right at touch down

Top speed? Ceiling?

large trim compensators will induce flapping, please remove or reduce their size, I had a cgs hwk years ago and I had very uncomfortable experience with putting a large trim compensator.

I know that plane did it come from North Georgia?

He wasn’t using flaps.

It's for sale as well if someone will interested to buy ?

Did you purposefully not use the flaps?

Does the hawk fall under part 103?

The engine looks like an old East German Trabant.

Is there any way to talk to Dave buying a Hawk project?

How far it can fly?

Time for a 582 ? Got a friend that builds the 582 that may give you a great deal???

I have no idea how dumbtube suggested your vid but I like it, ay. I have a question: why are the things that hold up the wings(struts?) not covered in the same fabric as the main wings so as to give more lift and there by be able to make the main wing shorter. At least covering the struts? would reduce drag and be cheaper that making those tubes tear shaped. Also why have you chosen a "rear" wing engine as opposed to a front "wing" engine? Is it easier to fly or is it able to carry more weight so as to be able to be piloted by a 275 pound fat ass like me ( that's about 135 of those Canadian pounds, I think you call them key-loads, yea that's it). I need as much key-loads as I can get if I am going to fly and not just fall slowly. And may I ask a personal question: what would this cost AND what were you able to tell your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, significant other, extraterritorial love slave, etc...that it cost so as to keep them from dropping you like a hot rock and leaving you on the spot? (i have heard you Canadians are kinda' kinky so I tried to be as inclusive as I could) Okay! I might have a passing interest in flying. So...how much for the plane.....? (i really like the plane and this is a well done video. Thank you)

Do you need a sports license to fly one of these?

They are flying vinyl amd aluminum

Legal ha algum tempo procuro algo sobre este modelo tenho um monoplace só mais antigo,o antigo proprietário não tem a papelada dele não sei nem o modelo para documentar ele alguem pode me ajudar...

Wonder if this guy still conduct training.

Where can you purchase one of these?

He used no flaps on the touch n goes--I am not a flyer but it seems the touchdowns would be softer using flaps--no?