Glasair II FT
For Sale by owner
Particulars:
- TTAF: 3040 (Flown weekly)
- STOH + con rod brgs: 400; SBOH: 2100
- Price: $70,000 USD
- Phone:
(Mike)
- Email: [email protected]
- Location: Phoenix, Arizona (KDVT)
Description:
This is a Glasair amateur build aircraft. It's essentially a Glasair II, but we call it a Glasair "One and One-Half" because it started out as a Glasair One and turned into a Glasair Two. (It has the GI wing, horizontal stab and cowl but the better GII fuselage, firewall, rudder.) My airplane partner and I built it, maintain it and have been blessed to fly it over the past 15 years. We've accumulated over 3000 hours flying it over most of the lower 48 states in all sorts of weather. (Well, not in hail. But we have seen 1/2 inch of ice.) It's stood the test of time. As my partner is now over 70 years old, it's time to find a good home for her baby.
Performance:
- 200 MPH max true. 190 MPH cruise, sipping 7.2 GPH LOP
- Tricked out Lyc O-320 (170 HP), CS prop
- 6 hours max endurance (43 total gallons, header and main)
- Stall, flaps up: 58 knots
- Stall, flaps down: 54 knots
- Custom wingtips based on Rutan Catbird and the standard Glasair extended tips.
- High wing loading: Punch through "Moderate Turbulence" with ease.
- Useful load: 725 pounds (Empty weight: 1375 lbs. which includes tare, like a toolbox!)
Avionics:
- King KX-165 NAV/COM w/glideslope
- King KX-155 NAV/COM w/glideslope
w/ aftermarket DVOR
- Sigma Tek IU-445 HSI (internally lit)
coupled to AP
- King KT-76A transponder with
ACK altitude encoder
- King KN-64 DME
- WX-8 Stormcope
modified to look 360 degrees
- King KR-87 ADF
- King KMA-24 audio panel & MB w/
Ergonomic voice warning system
- KLN-88 LORAN, coupled to A/P with annunciators.
Can be replaced with KLN-90A
- S-TEC System 30 autopilot,
coupled to HSI
- Dual Altimeters
- 4-probe EGT/CHT (GEM)
- Swiftronics Fuel Flow/Totalizer
(Flowscan transducer)
- ACK ELT
- Lowrance Airmap on RAM mount,
wired to ship's power
- Flightcom intercom
built in to overhead console
- King Avionics cooling fan
Engine:
- Tricked out Lycoming O-320-B3B
(crack resistant narrow deck)
converted to dyna-focal by ECi
- 9:1 weight matched pistons with anti-scuff coating
- 170 HP
- ECi CermaNil Titan cylinders
(the group that has the 2000 TBO)
- 400 STOH by Performance Engines
- 5 angle valve job by Performance Engines Performance Engines. See my article in Light Plane Maintenance and Aviation Consumer
- Mild porting and polishing
- Lightspeed Plasma II ignition with Hall Effect module
- trick Teflon bushings on carburetor shaft.
Never replace the shaft again.
- Uses 1 qt oil in 15 hours. Oil still gold at 50 hours.
- Custom Hartzell special twist Glasair Q-tip Constant Speed propeller
- Crankshaft updated to thick flange
- Sky-Tek starter, overhauled February 2010.
- PlanePower 60A alternator, January 2010.
Interior:
- Real cowhide leather with cloth inserts for comfort
- Confor foam for comfort and safety
- Full fabric sides with soundproofing
- Seat cushion layering accommodates various people sizes
- Larger luggage area with angled rear bulkhead
- Aerox oxygen. 13 cu ft bottle
Airframe:
- HID landing light
- Custom rear window cutouts
- ACE brand canopy locks
with improved catch mechanism
- Reflexed flaps for speed
- Van's Pressure Recovery wheel fairings
on main gear (for speed)
- Emergency Gravity Feed modification
Allows backfilling of header tank in flight
- Upgraded (thicker) brake rotors
- Always hangared
- Sterling brand polyurethane paint
- Epoxy Leading edge treatment
- No corrosion
- No damage
Goodies:
- Bose X ANR headset
w/ improved power pack
- Lightspeed 20XL ANR headset
- JRC handheld NAVCOM
w/ headphone adapter
- Halon fire extinguishers
- Custom tow bar
- A King employee discount on
the King AV8OR
- Lots of little extras
- Price includes:
- – 2 hour checkout by ATP
- – 3 months builder Q&A
- – Custom tools for the plane
Need More Convincing?
Equipment:
- Ergonomic panel layout. Maximizes ease of flying
- Trick voice annunciators as featured in KITPLANES.
Like having a Flight Engineer watching the engine instruments for you.
- Pushbutton (electric) flap control
- Foolproof IFR timer
- Flashing recognition lights
- Electronic Carbon Monoxide detector
- Engine Fire detection loop
- 5 separate light dimming circuits for night flying
- Strobes all around
Certifications:
- Annual Condition inspection due June 2010,
but will be done beforehand if sold in April or May.
- Pitot/Static/Transponder due June 2010
- ELT battery (ordinary D cells)
due January 2013
- Tires, brake pads, grease new April 2010
- New sealed lead acid battery, January 2010
- Spreadsheet-like "Maintenance at a Glance"
shows items before they come due
