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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.
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.
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.
rhytmfreak 2 weeks ago
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.
mlloyd006 1 month ago
@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.
KHarvDX 1 month ago
@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 7 months ago
@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.
N137LA 7 months ago
Can Glasairs fly into known icing?
Coderoid 8 months ago
@Danger555 so true!
Coderoid 8 months ago
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!
Danger555 9 months ago
Does the Glassair 111 have the same flat spin probs that early Glass air had? Killed quite a few people.
michaelpilot1000 9 months ago
Fast! Its got a P-51 thing going on during the flypast!
I think i'd lose in the C172N haha.
ChrizRockster 9 months ago 2