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Velocity SE

Velocity SE

Type of aircraft

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]

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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.

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]
    Velocity SE Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine, Velocity Aircraft website, 2008, accessed 2010-12-11.
  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. [3]
    "Velocity Aircraft" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 October 2012. Retrieved 11 September 2012.
  4. [4]
    "Twin 400 lb-thrust XR-4A3 engines aboard the EZ-Rocket". XCOR Aerospace. Archived from the original on 2010-11-25. Retrieved 2010-12-27.
  5. [5]
    XCOR X-Racer, by Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today, 2009-08-06, accessed 2010-04-26.
  6. [6]
    "Production Aircraft Specifications". velocityaircraft.coml. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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