Engineering:Velocity SE
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| 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 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
- Velocity XL
- Raptor Aircraft Raptor
- Rutan Long-EZ
- Rutan VariEze
- Rutan Defiant
- Berkut aircraft
- Cozy MK IV
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Velocity SE , Velocity Aircraft website, 2008, accessed 2010-12-11.
- ↑ 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
- ↑ "Velocity Aircraft". http://www.velocityaircraft.com/views/v3.pdf.
- ↑ "Twin 400 lb-thrust XR-4A3 engines aboard the EZ-Rocket". XCOR Aerospace. http://www.xcor.com/products/index.html.
- ↑ XCOR X-Racer, by Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today, 2009-08-06, accessed 2010-04-26.
- ↑ "Production Aircraft Specifications". http://www.velocityaircraft.com/airplane-specifications.html.
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