Velocity SE

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Template:Infobox aircraft

File:Xcor-rocketracer-N216MR-071029-07cr-7.jpg
The prototype Rocket Racer, a modified Velocity SE climbing to Template:Convert on it first full flight, October 29, 2007 at the Mojave Spaceport
File:Xcor-rocketracer-N216MR-071029-37cr-16.jpg
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 Template:Convert Lycoming IO-320 or a Template:Convert 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 Template:Cvt 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)

Template:Aircraft specs

See also

References

Template:Reflist

External links

Template:Sister project

Template:Velocity

  1. ↑ a b Velocity SE Template:Webarchive, Velocity Aircraft website, 2008, accessed 2010-12-11.
  2. ↑ a b c Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 75. Belvoir Publications. Template:Catalog lookup linkScript error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".Script error: No such module "check isxn".
  3. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  4. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  5. ↑ XCOR X-Racer, by Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today, 2009-08-06, accessed 2010-04-26.
Retrieved from "http://debianws.lexgopc.com/wiki143/index.php?title=Velocity_SE&oldid=2324543"