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Velocity SE

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Velocity SE
Velocity SE RG at the Mojave Spaceport
Role Homebuilt aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Velocity Aircraft
Designer Duane Swing
Introduction 1995
Variants Velocity XL, Rocket Racer
The prototype Rocket Racer, a modified Velocity SE climbing to 10,000 feet (3,000 m) on it first full flight, October 29, 2007 at the Mojave Spaceport
The Rocket Racer on landing roll-out at Mojave.

The Velocity Model 173 SE (Standard Elite) is an entry level canard pusher aircraft from Velocity Aircraft.[1][2][3] The four seat, rear engine aircraft may be powered by a 160 hp (120 kW) Lycoming IO-320 or a 200 hp (150 kW) Lycoming IO-360 engine.[1]

Variants

Velocity SE-FG
Fixed landing gear version, 88 completed and flown by December 2011.[2]
Velocity SE-RG
Retractable landing gear version, 180 completed and flown by December 2011.[2]
Rocket Racer
The Mark-I X-Racer, a rocketplane design for the Rocket Racing League built on a Velocity SE airframe. It was built by XCOR Aerospace with an XCOR XR-4K14 1,500 lb thrust rocket engine fuelled by LOX and kerosene.[4] This rocket-powered aircraft flew several demonstration flights at the 2008 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show.[5]

Specifications (SE-RG IO-360)

Data from [6]

General characteristics

  • Crew: 1/2
  • Capacity: 2/3 passengers / 1,000 lb (450 kg) payload
  • Length: 19 ft (5.8 m)
  • Wingspan: 29 ft 4 in (8.94 m)
  • Height: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
  • Empty weight: 1,300 lb (590 kg)
  • Gross weight: 2,300 lb (1,043 kg)
  • Fuel capacity: 60 US gal (230 l; 50 imp gal)
  • Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-360 4-cyl. horizontally-opposed air-cooled piston engine, 200 hp (150 kW)

Performance

  • Cruise speed: 187 kn (215 mph, 346 km/h) at 75% power
  • Landing speed: 70 kn (130 km/h; 81 mph)
  • Stall speed: 60 kn (69 mph, 110 km/h)
  • Never exceed speed: 200 kn (230 mph, 370 km/h) IAS
  • Range: 1,000 nmi (1,200 mi, 1,900 km) at 65% power
  • Service ceiling: 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
  • g limits: +12 -7
  • Rate of climb: 1,200 ft/min (6.1 m/s)
  • Wing loading: 18.88 lb/sq ft (92.2 kg/m2)

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Velocity SE , Velocity Aircraft website, 2008, accessed 2010-12-11.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 75. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
  3. ↑ "Velocity Aircraft". http://www.velocityaircraft.com/views/v3.pdf. 
  4. ↑ "Twin 400 lb-thrust XR-4A3 engines aboard the EZ-Rocket". XCOR Aerospace. http://www.xcor.com/products/index.html. 
  5. ↑ XCOR X-Racer, by Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today, 2009-08-06, accessed 2010-04-26.
  6. ↑ "Production Aircraft Specifications". http://www.velocityaircraft.com/airplane-specifications.html. 



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