Jim was visiting Trim Air for an informal review of his Glastar project, and I was just lucky enough to be at the right place at the right time.
Since I just happened to have my camera with me, there was no way Jim was going to get away without letting me get some photos of this terrific project.
For those of you who who are completely unfamiliar with the Glastar, to give you a point of reference, Jim stands a little over six feet tall. That means he needs an airplane with plenty of leg room. And this little beauty has plenty of both leg and head room.
The following is a copy of Jim's report that he sent me later that day.
For those of you that are interested in learning more about the performance
characteristics of the Glastar, his Subaru engine, and all the finer details,
Jim also was good enough to provide us with some additional data sheets
and information about the Glastar. These data sheets are provided in Adobe
Postscript format so you will need the Adobe Reader to access them.
You'll find them listed at the bottom of this page.
Thanks Jim, I know our readers are going to like this. And congratulations
on a terrific job.
As usual, click on the image to see a larger view.
NSI sent me. Makes for some pretty interesting reading for someone who may
be interested in these engines and/or the Cockpit Adjustable Prop. Lance
will have the Firewall Forward kits available for some of the RV aircraft
models also. There's a fellow by the name of Del Clifton in Silverdale
Washington who is flying a RV6 with the EJ22 engine. This aircraft was used
in developing the NSI EJ Series package. As of Dec. of last year he had 236
Hrs. logged on his engine.
As you can tell by looking at some of the charts, the CAP Prop is
going to
make a big difference in performance. I don't expect to receive
it until
some time in April, so by the time I finish my gear change and painting
I
should have it mounted and be ready to do some real cruising. The
Cockpit
Adjustable Prop is supposed to eventually be made available for
the
Lycomings and Continentals.
As for my GlaStar, I spent 5 years and about 4000 hrs building time
to first
flight. I still have a couple of months of painting the wings, hor.
stab.,
and elevator, then probably another month to convert it to a tail
dragger.
Then I'll finally be "finished". Right!!! I have the EJ25
installed with a
68 x 68 Prince Fixed Pitched Prop. Cruise is 135 MPH At 4800 Engine
RPM and
burning about 6.5 GPH of 87 Octane Automotive Fuel.
This is my first aircraft project and has been the most enjoyable
and
rewarding project that I have ever undertaken.
Hopefully you can find something useful out of all the above.
Thanks and keep up the good work,
James Rekieta
Jim can be reached at his email here
jrekieta@hot1.net
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