Glasair I
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Glasair I | |
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Type | amateur-built kit airplane |
Manufacturer | Glasair Aviation |
Maiden flight | 1979 |
Introduced | 1980 |
The Glasair I, originally built as the prototype Glasair TD taildragger, is a high-performance homebuilt aircraft built of fiberglass. Created by Tom Hamilton as a fast, two-seat kitplane, the Glasair TD first flew in 1979. Hamilton formed Stoddard-Hamilton Aircraft that year to produce and market the kit, which was the first pre-molded composite aircraft available to builders.
[edit] Specifications
General characteristics
- Crew: 2
- Length: ft in (m)
- Wingspan: ft in (m)
- Height: ft in (m)
- Wing area: ft (m)
- Empty weight: 999lb (454 kg)
- Loaded weight: 1,700lb (773 kg)
- Useful load: lb (kg)
- Max takeoff weight: 1,700lb (773 kg)
- Powerplant: × , hp (kW) each
Performance
- Never exceed speed: mph (km/h)
- Maximum speed: mph (km/h)
- Cruise speed: mph (km/h)
- Stall speed: mph (km/h)
- Range: mi (km)
- Service ceiling ft (m)
- Rate of climb: ft/min (m/s)
- Wing loading: lb/ft² (kg/m²)
- Power/mass: hp/lb (kW/kg)
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