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GLASAIR III SPEED MACHINE

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LOOPTV flight tests the two-seat kit-built Glasiar III.
For more incredible flight tests and flying stories and of course aviation news: http://www.looptv.aero

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  • last september,before the terrible mustang crash in reno,jeff lavelle qualified his twin turbo glasair3 @396 mph before the races were cancelled.in the sport class.its an absolute record.it is supposed to be a stock airframe.next races.i think he is gonna break the 400mph barrier.

  • Can't fly into icing. The gap between the wing and ailerons is very tight and will ice up, restricting control movement. Fantastic airplane- had one and raced it at Reno in 2006. The Lancair Legacy can be made to go faster, but the Glasair III flies much nicer.

  • @Coderoid No. I have never heard or seen one in person that had any anti or de-icing equipment installed. It is an experimental home built so you could put that stuff on if you wanted to spend the money, and take a hit on the extra weight.

  • @N137LA

    If people are not interested, then its not the design that is failed. Its the PR. I dont think people are not interested. I think people just dont want to spend that much money on that kind of a plane (hell I know I dont). The Fury's full kit costs 180k which is utterly ridiculous. The Glasair III is has higher rated performance but its price is 67% less. I did not know it was discontinued though.

  • @yakovlev3a The Lopresti Fury is never going to go into production. It's a failed design. No one is really interested in a high performance Swift.

  • Can Glasairs fly into known icing?

  • @Danger555 so true!

  • I've listened to the prop noise at 2:42 about a thousand times now, and it NEVER gets old!! What a 100% badass plane!

  • Does the Glassair 111 have the same flat spin probs that early Glass air had? Killed quite a few people.

  • Fast! Its got a P-51 thing going on during the flypast!

    I think i'd lose in the C172N haha.

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