Hamilton Glasair
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| Role | Homebuilt aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Designer | Tom Hamilton |
| Introduction | 1975 |
| Number built | 1 |
The SH-1 tandem Glasair was an original homebuilt aircraft design by Tom Hamilton, who would use the lessons learned from this to build the Glasair I, II and III series of homebuilt aircraft.
Design
[edit]The Glasair was an all composite, low-wing tandem seat aircraft with conventional landing gear. The design was wind-tunnel tested prior to construction. The design was modified to a tricycle gear arrangement after visibility problems from the rear seat were noted on solo test flights.[1] The design flew only three times. Hamilton's partner Ted Setzer burned the prototype before moving on to the next design.[2][3][4]
Specifications (Glasair)
[edit]Data from Sport Aviation[1]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming O-235 horizontally opposed piston aircraft engine, 108 hp (81 kW)
- Propellers: two-bladed
See also
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References
[edit]- ^ a b "35 Years of Fast Glas". Sport Aviation: 52. May 2014.
- ^ "Glasair 30th anniversary fly-in held at Flabob". Retrieved 11 June 2014.
- ^ Peter Garrison (November 1983). "Glasair RG". Flying Magazine: 49.
- ^ "Aircraft Spruce Glasair" (PDF). Retrieved 11 June 2014.