Velocity XL
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The Velocity XL (XL: Extra Large) is an American amateur-built aircraft, produced by Velocity, Inc. It is an enlarged version of their Velocity SE canard pusher design.[1][2]
Design and development
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The XL is available in both fixed gear (FG) and retractable gear (RG) form and can accommodate either three or four passengers plus a pilot. The five seat versions, the XL-5 and the TXL-RG-5, have a rear bench seat for three rather than the alternative separate pair of seats.[1][2][5][6]
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Variants
- Velocity XL-FG
- Fixed landing gear version with a gross weight of Script error: No such module "convert".. Forty had been completed and flown by December 2011.[1]
- Velocity XL-FG-5
- Fixed landing gear version with a gross weight of Script error: No such module "convert".. Twenty-one had been completed and flown by December 2011.[1]
- Velocity XL-RG
- Retractable landing gear version, with a gross weight of Script error: No such module "convert".. 150 had been completed and flown by December 2011.[1]
- Velocity TXL-RG-5
- Retractable landing gear version, with gross weight of Script error: No such module "convert".. Eighteen had been completed and flown by December 2011.[1]
- Velocity V-Twin
- Twin engine prototype, three built, powered by two Superior IO-320-A engines.[8]
Rocket Racers
The now-defunct Rocket Racing League utilized a highly modified Velocity XL FG airframe and an Armadillo Aerospace 2,500 pound thrust liquid oxygen (LOX) and ethanol rocket engine in both its Mark-II X-Racer and Mark-III X-Racer demonstration vehicles. The Mark-II utilized a standard fixed-gear Velocity XL airframe, modified for rocket propulsion. The Mark-III airframe was more extensively customized during manufacture, explicitly for rocket racing, with a canopy top, center seat and control stick and other enhancements, in addition to the rocket propulsion added to the Mark-II.[9]
Specifications (XL-RG)
See also
- Velocity SE
- Freedom Aviation Phoenix
- Rutan Long-EZ
- Rutan VariEze
- Rutan Defiant
- Berkut aircraft
- Cozy MK IV
- Raptor Aircraft Raptor
References
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External links
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- Building Ferrell Velocity N44VF