Velocity SE

Short description: Americanl homebuilt aircraft

Velocity SE

Velocity SE RG at the Mojave Spaceport

General information
National origin| United States
Manufacturer| Velocity Aircraft
Designer|

Duane Swing

History
Introduction date| 1995
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]

## Contents

* 1 Variants
* 2 Specifications (SE-RG IO-360)
* 3 See also
* 4 References
* 5 External links

## 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 lbf (6,700 N) 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

* Velocity XL
* Raptor Aircraft Raptor
* Rutan Long-EZ
* Rutan VariEze
* Rutan Defiant
* Berkut aircraft
* Cozy MK IV

## 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.

## External links

* Velocity aircraft

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