*SOLD* Cassutt IIIM Racer Project For Sale

[jroberts987]

My father has become ill and is unable to complete this project.


The Cassutt IIIM Racer is a single place, full cantilever, high performance aircraft. It is fully aerobatic and meets the specs for competitive racing, “G” loading, safety characteristics and visibility. It is powered by the Continental 0-200, 100 HP engine, is economical and fuel efficient, cruising at 185-200 MPH at approximately 6 gallons per hour.


The Cassutt IIIM Racer project includes all of the components listed below:

Canopy: Wrap Around Flex Canopy, Canopy Frame & Latch Kit (welded), Quick Release Frame Kit (welded)

Control System: Control System Kit (welded), Rudder Cables (swaged), Pedal Kit (rudder & brake)

Documents: Builders Manual, Cassutt IIIM Plans

Engine: Engine Mount Kit (welded), Exhaust Stack (welded, short), 4" Propeller Extension for 0-200

Flight Controls: Stabilizer Kit (includes elevator), Stabilizer Kit (welded), Stabilizer Kit (no gap hinge), Stabilizer Kit (no gap, welded), Aileron Kit, Aileron Kit (welded), Rudder Kit (standard), Rudder Kit (standard, welded), Rudder Kit (no gap), Rudder Kit (no gap, welded)

Fiberglass: Fiberglass Kit Race Model, Fiberglass Cap for Wrap Canopy, Fiberglass Wing Tips (pair), Belly Cover

Fuel System: Fuel Tank, Fuel System Kit

Fuselage: Fuselage (welded)

Gear: Axles (pair), Axle Nuts (pair), Hydraulic Master Cylinders (set), Tail Wheel (polyurethane), Round Tapered Tailspring, Tailwheel Fork for GE-548 (welded), Steering Rod Assembly, Spring Steel Main Landing Gear

Hardware: Attach Bolt Kit for Front Spar (includes nuts, set of four), 1/4” Pins for Control Hinges (11 pieces), Fuel Tank Strap, Attach Plates Front Wing Spar (pair), Attach Plates Rear Wing Spar (4 pieces), Attach Plates for Spring Gear (pair), Tapered Aluminum Spacer for Main Wing Spar (set of two), Nylon Bushing, 7/8” Sleeve Rudder Cable (set of twelve), Rod Ends for Elevator Push Pull Rod 3/8” x 1/4” each,
Engine Mount Inserts (set of eight), Rubber Bushings for HW-700 (1 set, 8 pieces), Pitot Tube Assembly, Fuel Vent Assembly

Wing: Wing Kit (Racer)

Specifications

• 15 foot wing span, 54 inch wing cord
• 67.5 square feet of wing area
• 12.6 lbs/sq ft. wing loading
• Stall Speed – 68 MPH
• Climb Rate – 1500 ft/min
• G Load Limit – 8
• G Load Ultimate – 12
• Top Speed – 200-230 MPH plus
• Cruising Spped – 190 MPH plus
• The Continental 0-200 (100 HP) is the recommended engine.
• Fuselage length - 16 feet
• Overall height - 4 feet
• Cockpit length - 4' 6"
• Fuel capacity - 15 gallons
• Range - 450 miles
• Empty weight - 500 lbs
• Gross Weight - 850 lbs

The length, height and width of the canopy and cockpit can be altered as desired during construction as required to fit the builder. G loading officially demonstrated with sealed accele rometer.

Additional Components and Project Progress

• Throttle Quadrant two-lever side mount.
• Two new magnetos and harness – Mattituck
• Two new sets of plugs (Champion), standard and racing. One set of new blow-proof gaskets.
• Engine baffles cut and fitted for cylinders, back, intercylinders and air intake scoop to oil reservoirs. Material to make two front air intake scoops over cylinders. Can not be made until final fitting for cowling.
• Neoprene rubber to seal baffles (with hardware).
• Spinner, front bulkhead, crush plate-spacer, aft bulkhead. Spinner drilled and fitted, all hardware.
• Ed Sterba propeller (new, in crate). Prop bolts and hardware (all new).
• Stainless steel firewall installed. No holes cut.
• Oil breather/separator with hoses.
• Oil cooler for experimental aircraft with hoses and fittings.
• Marvel-Schebler carburetor (rebuilt) with new air filter and service manual. New aeroquip fittings.
• New gascolator, bracket, tubing and hardware.
• Turtle deck installed. Would be covered when fuselage is covered. Padding materials and covering materials included.
• Stabilizer, rudder, ailerons welded, covered and painted to silver undercoat. Ready for installation after finish paint. All work done per Stits process and fully inspected by qualified EAA technical counselor. All hinge pins/attack hardware included.
• Wing fully built according to specifications. Plumbed per specifications for pitot tube and fuel vent. Before closing, wing inspected by qualified EAA technical counselor. Wing has been varnished per Stits process. Should be covered with fabric supplied. Application method should be according to Stits covering manual supplied. Materials for this process are included.
• Cleveland brakes – all new – all parts – wheels, brakes, axles, axle nuts, wheel covers. All tubing and hardware to connect to new oil reservoir and wheel brakes.
• New tires and tubes.
• Stringers and attaching hardware.
• Aluminum floor plates fitted to be bolted down and receive seat.
• Seat fitted and ready to be bolted to floor plates.
• Small baggage compartment fitted and installed.
• Instrument panel cut and fitted with hardware. Holes cut and instruments dry fitted.
• All new instruments ready for installation:
  • Slip gauge
  • Sight tubing (gas gauge)
  • Compass
  • Altimeter
  • Air speed
  • G meter
  • Tachometer
  • Oil temperature
  • Oil pressure
  • Cylinder head temperature
  • Primer
• Wooden jig to hold fuselage while covering.
• Wooden motor stand on wheels to store and move motor.
• Wooden wing cradle to protect, move or store wing.
• Wooden jig to support cowling while fitting around engine.
• Manuals, blueprints, technical bulletins, specifications.
• All Stits fabrics to cover wing and fuselage. Most other Stits covering materials.
• Fuselage is on its landing gear. It was welded by a Master Welder/A&P mechanic. It is 100% complete.
• The engine is a Continental 0-200 engine model 0-200A 14, serial number 647-R. Have log book. Last owner is an A&P mechanic who bought it to install in a Cassutt IIIM which he was building. He overhauled it and prepped it for long-time storage. Instead of completing his Cassutt, he bought and restored a Swift. He sold me his stored engine. It has been in a controlled environment (dry at temperatures from 65-72 F).
• This project has only three used parts: engine, carburetor (overhauled) and throttle quadrant two-lever side mount. ALL other parts are new and meet specifications.

The Cassutt is hand propped. The low voltage requirements of some of the instruments are supplied by rechargeable battery of appropriate size.


Price for this project package is $13,500 and is located in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Please email me at [email protected] for pictures, or contact Joe Young at 540-785-0090.