The Sportsman 2+2 was developed from the company's Glastar aircraft, a smaller version. The company's 'Two weeks to taxi' program provides factory-assisted assembly, while providing the owner with training in using tools and jigs. This complies with the Federal Aviation Administration's 51% construction rule, allowing issuance of a Special Certificate of Airworthiness as an amateur-built aircraft.[3][4]
The aircraft is constructed with a fiberglass fuselage, or optionally from carbon fiber, with all metal wings and horizontal stabilizer and elevator. The airplane is available with a 180hp (134kW)Lycoming IO-360 engine or a 210hp (157kW)Lycoming IO-390 engine with an optional constant speed propeller.[5]}
The Glasair Sportsman TC (Turbo Carbon), showing its predominately carbon-fiber fuselageA fiberglass SportsmanThe cockpit of a Glasair SportsmanA Glasair Sportsman 2+2 on floatsSportsman with Tundra tires
A variant with the fuselage constructed of carbon fiber rather than fiberglass. The weight savings of carbon fiber are negated by heavier duty cage, wing struts, and wing skins; both variants have the same empty weight, but the carbon variant gross weight is increased 150 lb.[5]
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