I originally put the factory exhaust that comes with the engine kit on my Velocity. Worked well, but after I had been flying it for awhile and was looking ways to make it go faster, it seemed like this exhaust might not be optimal. The factory exhaust exits out of the cowl normal to the air […]
I had a few things to take care of after the first flight. Right after that flight, I jacked the plane up and found why the gear was not retracting properly – newly inflated tires not fitting into wheel wells. I opened up the wheel wells so they fit in easily at 55psi and also […]
I have my airworthiness inspection scheduled for Wednesday morning. One of the fine folks from the FAA (Windsor Locks office) is going to come out to my hangar at ORH and have a look. Hopefully everything will go ok. I’ve been busy making sure all the paperwork is in order and going over all the […]
Mounted the LED Nav/strobe lights. They look a bit small – they’re the Aveo Powerburst light set, which were reasonably priced an seem pretty bright.
I knew that once my plane was painted, it would need to go directly to the airport, not back to my shop at home where its been built. My shop is not big enough to do the final assembly. After quite a bit of searching, I found a hangar to rent at KORH. Pretty nice […]
Its time to move to a hangar. I’m doing most of the construction of the Velocity in my shop at home. My shop is in the basement of our house and has a single-car garage door entrance. It opens up quite a but inside, but to get the Velocity in and out always takes contortions. […]
I decided to go with just a basic AMERI-KING AK-450 121.5/243 MHz ELT. After purchasing this a few months ago, I’ve been considering a lot of different places to put it. I left it until last (of the major avionics/electric installs) to put in, so most of the good places were taken already! But, using […]
After talking to several other Velocity owners, I decided to go with the Odyssey PC925 battery. I also bought the mounting bracket for it as it fit well with the battery tray I had. The PC925 fits nicely in the nose and its terminals are in a good position. I decided to take the time […]
My canard had been built as one unit, with a non-removable cover. Knowing that I will likely need to mount avionics and such there, I cut it off and made it removable. Pretty straightforward modification. Just made a nice straight cut on both sides. Sealed off all the exposed foam ends. And a couple layers […]
I’ve heard that just a NACA scoop feeding the front oil cooler will make for a chilly ride when its <20F. What is needed is cabin air recirculation across the oil cooler to get reasonable cabin temperatures. So, I modified the NACA scoop and put a baffle in that can be used to shut off […]