Flying Adventures of the Eager Beaver These are the tracks that I flew in the little Eager Beaver, Four long trips 1995-'98 and many visits to Narromine. Single seat, empty weight 176kg, 40hp 2-stroke, 50kts cruise, 30 kts stall, range 250nm. My aircraft is a single-seat Beaver RX28, manufactured by Spectrum Aviation in Canada, and it's just perfect for the coming adventure. It first flew in 1984 and the original owner Jim Sloan of Wangaratta had a lot of fun putting 600 hours on it. I did a complete strip down and overhaul, replaced the Rotax 277 with a 447 so it's now really an RX40, added bigger wheels, brakes, steerable nosewheel, and generally fitted out for traveling the outback. That included adding two 20 litre jerry cans as extra fuel tanks. They sit right on the C of G , and are secured with specially made straps that can be unbuckled to carry them to a petrol station - it works great. The aircraft is fully enclosed, with a very comf