First Flight of N44VF

A good friend of mine is fond of saying Shazam when something exciting happens. Shazam indeed. Our first flight happened this evening with Dave Bertram at the helm. I wish I could describe the wrenching self-doubt I experienced as he taxied to the end of the runway, or the elation of watching him lift off […]

Flow Balance Testing of Fuel Injectors

Here is something else we ran into. After having trouble building RPM and having a very rough running engine that seemed to want to run very lean, and ran relatively well at idle, but not at WOT. We tested the fuel flow from the injectors and found the below. Very uneven flow. After removing the […]

Dave Bertram First Visit

Well, what a week! We were visited by Dave Bertram (local page), a Velocity test pilot with thousands of flight hours and his own Velocity. He was in town for a personal function, and looked the plane over. He would have flown her, but we’ve been having some issues with the motor running rough and not […]

2007 – N173ES – Tom Martino – Velocity SE/RG – Watkins, CO – 0

Here is a sad sight, Tom Martino’s distinctive Velocity SE/RG landed out, apparently after a power board by Wayne Lanza’s Composite Design failed and shut off the electric to his Light Speed Ignition systems (both sides). UPDATE: This plane is back in the air, courtesy of her new owner Ken Mishler, | FAA | NTSB […]

Wings to Aircraft

Here we’re doing miscellaneous filling and sanding to get the contours correct. Strake Door Finish Canard Mounting For formatting only Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisci elit, sed eiusmod tempor incidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrum exercitationem ullam corporis suscipit laboriosam, nisi ut aliquid ex ea […]

N44VF.com Domain Added to Website

We’ve registered the new domain N44VF.com, to go along with our recent achievement. There will be a major website rework coming in the fall, as the site has dated badly while building has consumed my time.