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"Jawbreaker" Lost at Sun N Fun
I am told that the Glasair that crashed (fortunately not fatal) at SNF
Sunday was the beautiful, highly-modofoed Galsair III, "Jawbreaker," that is featured in the April Sprot Aviation. The apparently stalled, dropped a wing and turned over. This plane was absolutely gorgeous! The had re-engineered it to take a Lycoming IO-720, modified to 450 hp. Such a shame! |
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"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message
news I am told that the Glasair that crashed (fortunately not fatal) at SNF Sunday was the beautiful, highly-modofoed Galsair III, "Jawbreaker," that is featured in the April Sprot Aviation. The apparently stalled, dropped a wing and turned over. This plane was absolutely gorgeous! The had re-engineered it to take a Lycoming IO-720, modified to 450 hp. Such a shame! Indeed, I was just reading that article the other night...drooling the entire time! Damn fine looking airplane. Glad it wasn't fatal. Jay Beckman Student Pilot - KCHD 12.8 Hrs ... Nowhere to go but up! |
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This is brings to mind the loss of an old acquaintance, Ben Moyel, at KSOH
several years ago. I also own a GIII 330HP http://members.cox.net/n30sx/ that is modified from plan. I did have one observation from the pictures in Sport Aviation and that is that the horizontal looks very small, at least in comparison to my AC. This may be just the result of the perspective form the picture as I have not seen Jawbreaker in person. Any comments? "Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news I am told that the Glasair that crashed (fortunately not fatal) at SNF Sunday was the beautiful, highly-modofoed Galsair III, "Jawbreaker," that is featured in the April Sprot Aviation. The apparently stalled, dropped a wing and turned over. This plane was absolutely gorgeous! The had re-engineered it to take a Lycoming IO-720, modified to 450 hp. Such a shame! |
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I am a Glasair I RG owner, I saw Jawbreaker last year at SNF.... I did not
notice that the tail feathers looked any smaller than that of any other GIII, although I must admit tail size was not something that I paid much attention to. Russell Sherwood Houston, TX "Greg Siemon" wrote in message news:beZhc.28418$L75.22476@fed1read06... This is brings to mind the loss of an old acquaintance, Ben Moyel, at KSOH several years ago. I also own a GIII 330HP http://members.cox.net/n30sx/ that is modified from plan. I did have one observation from the pictures in Sport Aviation and that is that the horizontal looks very small, at least in comparison to my AC. This may be just the result of the perspective form the picture as I have not seen Jawbreaker in person. Any comments? |
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The GIII that crashed had a normal size tail. From my conversations with the
owner most modifications were confined to the engine mount, cowling, and engine. Bruce www.glasair.org "Greg Siemon" wrote in message news:beZhc.28418$L75.22476@fed1read06... This is brings to mind the loss of an old acquaintance, Ben Moyel, at KSOH several years ago. I also own a GIII 330HP http://members.cox.net/n30sx/ that is modified from plan. I did have one observation from the pictures in Sport Aviation and that is that the horizontal looks very small, at least in comparison to my AC. This may be just the result of the perspective form the picture as I have not seen Jawbreaker in person. Any comments? "Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news I am told that the Glasair that crashed (fortunately not fatal) at SNF Sunday was the beautiful, highly-modofoed Galsair III, "Jawbreaker," that is featured in the April Sprot Aviation. The apparently stalled, dropped a wing and turned over. This plane was absolutely gorgeous! The had re-engineered it to take a Lycoming IO-720, modified to 450 hp. Such a shame! |
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http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...21X00493&key=1
"Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news I am told that the Glasair that crashed (fortunately not fatal) at SNF Sunday was the beautiful, highly-modofoed Galsair III, "Jawbreaker," that is featured in the April Sprot Aviation. The apparently stalled, dropped a wing and turned over. This plane was absolutely gorgeous! The had re-engineered it to take a Lycoming IO-720, modified to 450 hp. Such a shame! |
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Greg Siemon wrote:
http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...21X00493&key=1 "Orval Fairbairn" wrote in message news I am told that the Glasair that crashed (fortunately not fatal) at SNF Sunday was the beautiful, highly-modofoed Galsair III, "Jawbreaker," that is featured in the April Sprot Aviation. The apparently stalled, dropped a wing and turned over. This plane was absolutely gorgeous! The had re-engineered it to take a Lycoming IO-720, modified to 450 hp. Such a shame! Gee, now I kind of wonder _why_ it stalled on takeoff. Obviously not a lack of power. Anybody want to take a wild guess at the wing loading? |
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Gee, now I kind of wonder _why_ it stalled on takeoff. Obviously not a lack of power. Anybody want to take a wild guess at the wing loading? There's no wonder in that, it got too slow. And as heavy as that plane is, the stall speed is higher. It weighs in 500lbs heavier than a stock Glasair 3. That would definitely raise the stall speed. A stock Glasair 3 should wiegh in the neighborhood of 1,600lbs empty. The articals I read about Jawbreaker listed it's empty weight at 2100lbs. |
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Tedstriker writes:
There's no wonder in that, it got too slow. And as heavy as that plane is, the stall speed is higher. According to the article on Sport Aviation, this airplane's stall speed is 90mph. -jav |
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On Sun, 25 Apr 2004 10:31:57 -0400, Tedstriker
wrote: Gee, now I kind of wonder _why_ it stalled on takeoff. Obviously not a lack of power. Anybody want to take a wild guess at the wing loading? There's no wonder in that, it got too slow. And as heavy as that plane is, the stall speed is higher. It weighs in 500lbs heavier than a stock Glasair 3. That would definitely raise the stall speed. A stock Glasair 3 should wiegh in the neighborhood of 1,600lbs empty. The articals I read about Jawbreaker listed it's empty weight at 2100lbs. Book empty weight is 1550#, Wing area is 81.3 ft^2 for the standard wing and 91.5 ft ^ 2 with the factory extensions and stall is just shy of 80 mph. Wing loading is just shy of 30# per ft^2 and 27.3 with the factory wing tip extensions. Add 500# more for 6.1# ft^2 and that makes 36# per ft^2 wing loading. The stock 30# per ft^2 can make for an interesting rate of descent. :-)) That would be 33.4 # fit^2 with the tip extensions. Whether a plane stalls at 50 mph or a 100 is no real biggie if you expect it. If it was,no one would be flying twins and jets. As to more HP? At very slow speeds, or high angles of attack, HP is not always your friend unless you have the control surfaces and handeling characteristics to ... well, handle it. Roger Halstead (K8RI & ARRL life member) (N833R, S# CD-2 Worlds oldest Debonair) www.rogerhalstead.com |
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