---------------------------------------------------------- Glasair-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 05/19/06: 8 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:44 AM - Glasair 1TD (Craymondw@aol.com) 2. 08:52 AM - Re: Glasair 1TD (Dj Merrill) 3. 12:08 PM - Re: Glasair 1TD (Ken Johnson) 4. 12:27 PM - Need new Front wheel pant (John Markey) 5. 12:50 PM - Re: Need new Front wheel pant (Dj Merrill) 6. 02:30 PM - Re: Glasair 1TD (Robin Young) 7. 04:59 PM - Re: Glasair 1TD (Craymondw@aol.com) 8. 05:53 PM - Re: Glasair 1TD (Craymondw@aol.com) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:44:08 AM PST US From: Craymondw@aol.com Subject: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD --> Glasair-List message posted by: Craymondw@aol.com 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. ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:52:59 AM PST US Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD From: Dj Merrill --> Glasair-List message posted by: Dj Merrill Craymondw@aol.com wrote: > --> Glasair-List message posted by: Craymondw@aol.com > > 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. > > Someone told me he turns 3000 rpm. I have no idea what type of speed mods he has done to the airplane. -Dj do not archive -- Dj Merrill - N1JOV Glastar Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 http://econ.duke.edu/~deej/sportsman/ "Many things that are unexplainable happen during the construction of an airplane." --Dave Prizio, 30 Aug 2005 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:08:36 PM PST US From: "Ken Johnson" Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD --> Glasair-List message posted by: "Ken Johnson" 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 ----- Original Message ----- From: Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:43 AM Subject: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD > --> Glasair-List message posted by: Craymondw@aol.com > > 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. > > > ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 12:27:28 PM PST US From: John Markey Subject: Glasair-List: Need new Front wheel pant --> Glasair-List message posted by: John Markey I own a FT Glasair II. I busted up my front wheel pant last night. [It wasn't secured to the axle enough to take a cross runway intersection bump at 70 mph !] Does anyone know if and where I might be able to buy a new one? Thanks, John Markey GII N661CC --------------------------------- Feel free to call! Free PC-to-PC calls. Low rates on PC-to-Phone. Get Yahoo! Messenger with Voice ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 12:50:44 PM PST US Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Need new Front wheel pant From: Dj Merrill --> Glasair-List message posted by: Dj Merrill John Markey wrote: > --> Glasair-List message posted by: John Markey > > I own a FT Glasair II. I busted up my front wheel pant last night. > [It wasn't secured to the axle enough to take a cross runway intersection > bump at 70 mph !] > > Does anyone know if and where I might be able to buy a new one? > > Glasair Aviation? -Dj -- Dj Merrill - N1JOV Glastar Sportsman 2+2 Builder #7118 http://econ.duke.edu/~deej/sportsman/ "Many things that are unexplainable happen during the construction of an airplane." --Dave Prizio, 30 Aug 2005 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 02:30:03 PM PST US From: "Robin Young" Subject: RE: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD --> Glasair-List message posted by: "Robin Young" 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. -----Original Message----- From: owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-glasair-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Craymondw@aol.com Sent: Friday, May 19, 2006 11:43 AM Subject: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD --> Glasair-List message posted by: Craymondw@aol.com 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. ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 04:59:58 PM PST US From: Craymondw@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD --> Glasair-List message posted by: Craymondw@aol.com Thanks for the info ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 05:53:40 PM PST US From: Craymondw@aol.com Subject: Re: Glasair-List: Glasair 1TD --> Glasair-List message posted by: Craymondw@aol.com 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