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Craymondw(at)aol.com
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 Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 7:44 am Post subject: Glasair 1TD |
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Would someone please tell me how Bruce Hammer gets a cruise of 258mph out of
a Glasair 1TD with a 180 HP carburetored engine with a fixed pitch prop!! I
can barely get 210 mph out of a 200HP GL2S FT. My plane is only as fast as a
dirty RV6.
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deej(at)deej.net
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 7:52 am Post subject: Glasair 1TD |
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Craymondw(at)aol.com wrote:
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Would someone please tell me how Bruce Hammer gets a cruise of 258mph out of
a Glasair 1TD with a 180 HP carburetored engine with a fixed pitch prop!! I
can barely get 210 mph out of a 200HP GL2S FT. My plane is only as fast as a
dirty RV6.
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Someone told me he turns 3000 rpm. I have no idea what type of
speed mods he has done to the airplane.
-Dj
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http://econ.duke.edu/~deej/sportsman/
"Many things that are unexplainable happen during the construction of an
airplane." --Dave Prizio, 30 Aug 2005
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glasair(at)epix.net
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:08 am Post subject: Glasair 1TD |
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Hi Chuck,
Haven't heard from you or Debbie in a while. Hope all is well.
Bruce Hammer has done a beautiful clean up job all over his Glasair as
has his brother. I have seen them up close and watched them fly a demo
flight at OSH. They are very impressive to say the least.
Take care,
Ken Johnson
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robin02(at)mindspring.com
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 1:30 pm Post subject: Glasair 1TD |
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It has been a few years since I last raced with Steve and Bruce but, as I
recall both had moved the motors forward and the tail back. They both claim
a reduced plate area by doing this. Also, with 4-2-1 exhaust, a gain of 15
HP is likely and by running 3,000 RPM another 21 Hp is there. Likely, they
are getting up above 3200 at that speed with a 68x68 prop. So, likely the
180Hp assumed is really around 240HP. Still, 258 closed course is fast.
Robin Young 286YM.
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Craymondw(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 3:59 pm Post subject: Glasair 1TD |
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Thanks for the info
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Craymondw(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Fri May 19, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject: Glasair 1TD |
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Ken,
Debbie and I thought that you fell off the face of the earth!! How are
you?!! My son married in early April and we flew our plane out to El Paso,
Texas to his wedding. After the wedding we flew up to Durango, Colorado. My son is
a captain of an Airbus A300. He just turned forty and is considering giving
up being an airline captain and working for a pharmaceutical company. Deborah's
mother came down for a visit last week and we drove her up to the Biltmore
estate and stayed at the Biltmore Inn. This weekend we are flying down to Destin
Florida and staying with a friend that just bought a Glasair3 that was owned
by an airline CEO. Our friend wants Debbie and I to fly the plane. He also
owns a Glasair 2 that he built. He opted for a McCauley propellar and is 10mph
faster than ours. The previous owner had close to $300,000 invested in the
Glasair three and sold it to my friend for $129,000. The bottom has fallen out of
the Glasair market and Debbie and I have been placing bids on Glasair threes.
Next week we will be flying up to Harpers Ferry to stay on my Brothers' 200
acre estate.
We bought a beautiful European stucco house with huge Paladian windows
that over looks gorgeous gardens. We have had more visitors in the past three
years, than we had in the fifteen years we lived in Connecticut. Our guest
bedroom has a $7,000 hand carved mahogany French Queen sized bed with a custom made
bedspread that Debbie paid an additional $2,000 for. The gardens looking out
of the huge guest bedroom picture window are spectacular. The previous owner
was a garden fanatic and spent tens of thousands on the property. Female
visitors hate leaving and often shed tears.
Debbie opened up a new salon in the fashionable Historic District of
wealthy Roswel, Georgia. The location was formerly an art gallery and Debbie kept
the theme and enhanced upon it. Now she has the most fashionable salon in the
suburbs of Atlanta. I did all the construction, building walls, plumbing,
electrical, tile flooring, installing water heaters, designer ladies room,
ceiling, woodwork trimming and stations. I estimated that I saved her close to
$100,000. The shop has been an overwhelming success from day one. Debbie no longer
drives her Porsche and we use it as a second car. She has been driving a fully
equipped, Diamond white Eldorado. If you wish to meet up with us, give us a
call on 770-517-5558.
Say Hi to Judy..........
Chuck Raymond
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