Dav8or
Final Approach
Welcome Todd! Just curious on your Glasair, does it have the wing extensions? Do the wing extensions do all that much to lower the stall speed?
Yep... I'm here tooLet's talk Dukes
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Welcome Todd! Just curious on your Glasair, does it have the wing extensions? Do the wing extensions do all that much to lower the stall speed?
Welcome Todd! Just curious on your Glasair, does it have the wing extensions? Do the wing extensions do all that much to lower the stall speed?
Watched a bit of your vid.. very pretty plane. Glad your enjoying it. Best traveling machine for a couple being so fast and relatively inexpensive to fly and maintain. I've been loving mine since 2006 and if you have any questions feel free to hit me up. I'll try to help.
That's funny.. I have some of the same.. 'Glasair old panel-wiring disaster-new panel' pics myself.
Todd... are you keeping the VM1000 or going with another engine monitor?
I hope you both will consider joining glasair aircraft association. It's not expensive and there is a lot of knowledge available and like minded people on the site. It is the "official" builders and flyer site for Glassair too. Www.glastarnet.org
Nice to see people still engaged in flying and upgrading their Glasair's out there. For much of the time building my Glasair III I have felt that no one out there still had an interest in them. Now I'm seeing a few of the flying Glasair IIIs being upgraded with their panels etc.. Good to know that after five years building, mine won't be the only one out there flying!
I can understand why, though. $70k for a kit, $60k for an engine, $13k for a prop, $40k for avionics, $30k in extras, and that is if you do it all yourself. The guy that built mine probably had $350k in it. I doubt if any kits are selling, so staying well versed in the product is probably tough.
If they can do it with a turbine Lancair Evolution they could do it with a Glasair. I did some fairly good research on the Glasair and was very confident with my decision that it is the best all around X-country traveling machine for 2 people. The strength of the airframe and the choice of a Lycoming engine as standard were the primary factors.
What I believe would really help the Glasair III would be the integration of a parachute and de-ice as a factory option. The chute would be nice for those spouses that could feel better about their chances of surviving if their pilot died in flight. The De-ice would certainly help where I live.
The parachute would really help sell the plane to me although I shudder to think how much more the plane would cost. I would also build mine with the airbag seat belts. The issue I have with these two seat speedsters is what happens when the engine quits. The more I keep flying, the more I realize that all these engines quit at some point.
An off field landing in either Glasair, Lancair, Questair, or Swearingen is a scary proposition to me. My interest in the Glasair is primarily because the company has made an effort to improve the low speed envelope of the plane with the wing extensions and the slotted flaps. This should give the Glasair the edge in the farmer's field scenario.
Todd,
Would you consider selling the vm1000 parts to me as spares?
Great looking Plane Todd. It will make it easy to attend all those POA fly ins.![]()
UHH--- Adam he probably does not want to land on 6Y9's 2,600 ft of grass
Maybe KSAW 15,000 ft.pavement and we'll pick him up![]()
No, definitely not going into 2600 ft of grass or hard surface. But I appreciate the invite![]()
Geez.... You cannot get that thing stopped in 2600 feet /1/2 mile?
You are kiddin, right ???
I guess it is kind of like asking if a Cub can cruise at 15k and go non-stop 1000 miles. Built for a different mission.