BeechTalk - BT

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Aug 2013, 18:22

Anyone have one in the Dallas area and willing to give me a ride?

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Aug 2013, 20:05

Love the Glassair, but I would have to have a III. The Lancair Legacy is also very nice. Even the fixed gear version is very fast.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Aug 2013, 21:14

Why is this in the Beech Singles forum? :scratch:

Username Protected · **Posted:** 31 Aug 2013, 21:30

Username Protected wrote:

Love the Glassair, but I would have to have a III. The Lancair Legacy is also very nice. Even the fixed gear version is very fast.

III is out of the budget.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 15:12

Ah, budgets. Forgot about that

I almost finished a Lancair 360. I built it and waited for the long anticipated Innodyne Turbine that never came to market. After cancelling that order, I order a supercharged Eggenfellner Subaru and that was even worse. Got the refund there and then ordered a 300 HP IO-360 Lycoming with 12:1 pistons. By the time I received the engine I was disgusted with the project and sold it. That would have been one fast 360.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 15:23

Todd,

Why were you disgusted with the project? I would think after all the time invested you would have pushed forth! I have always wanted to build, own and fly a Lancair Legacy...but as ive aged, the reasons for a fast, 4-place certified bird have outweighed the 'want' of a Legacy.

Interested in your impressions as now I dont think I'll ever build a plane, or want to build a plane actually. Funny how stuff changes.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 17:21

Nate,

I was just sick of it and by that time I was putting in 80 hours per week of work. The plane was affecting my business, so it went. It would be hard for me to justify a 4-place experimental today. A decent used Cirrus with glass panel is well under $200k. To get the same performance in a 4-seat experimental you will spend just about as much.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 18:27

Thanks Todd, yeah my smart wife said once, "why build when you can buy and fly NOW."

Chad, sorry 'bout the thread drift. Dude, get a few hours in your prospective new ride. After a year of flying a cherry RV-4...in various wx and turbulence...I couldn't wait to move on. I fear the same could happen with my dreams of a fine Lancair Legacy. The RV-4 was really a rough ride in any amount of turbs.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 19:07

You need to ride in one. A friend of mine built a 2 and it is beautiful! Loaded!
After riding around in a Bo for 20 years it is very small and tight inside. Faster than a Bo
But it's no Bo!! See if you can get a long ride 2 hrs or longer. It's just not a cross county airplane to me.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 20:48

Username Protected wrote:

You need to ride in one. A friend of mine built a 2 and it is beautiful! Loaded!
After riding around in a Bo for 20 years it is very small and tight inside. Faster than a Bo
But it's no Bo!! See if you can get a long ride 2 hrs or longer. It's just not a cross county airplane to me.

I had a T-18 for a few years, it was small and tight and turbulence was felt but it was the most fun I ever had. It was as fast as the bo, wouldn't carry the luggage and only had 2.5hr endurance but man it was a fun 2.5hrs.

Username Protected · **Posted:** 01 Sep 2013, 22:42

Plus I would love to have another experimental so I can add all the cool avionics to it for less than $5k.

Glasair 1 or II