Pitch Trim

As you can see, we reverted back to the factory pitch trim system after having a couple of issues with the Strong pitch trim. We had a couple of instances where it simply locked on overtorque, and now there is a motor retention AD out on them. It would probably work, but we made the […]

Pressure Sensors

My buddy Andy noticed that I didn’t have good pictures of my oil and fuel pressure sensors (he’s at this stage right now), so here they are. Note that the oil pressure sensor outlet is right next to the temperature outlet. I’ve remotely mounted my sensors, and I have a switch as well as the […]

Burt Rutan Tributes – Wired

Wired has a cute article out now where x has created Lego (TM) versions of all of Burt’s designs. It’s really pretty cool, even though the Velocity is not a Rutan design he clearly inspired Danny’s design, so check it out.

Pitch trim relocation / radio testing completed

This weekend I was able to complete and test the pitch trim relocation the pilot side of the airplane. I had originally mounted it on the copilot side because I had the large Blue Mountain EFIS/one AHRS mounted on a tray on the pilot side. This behemoth left me with little space for the trim […]

Helping out a potential builder / First impression of the Brazilian Wings

Elizabeth and I got the chance to help out potential builders Reiff and Melissa Lorenz this morning, along with our local building friends Jerry and Linda Brainard. They’re building a shop and looking for a XL/RG kit, and had located one locally in northern Kentucky. The owner was out of town, and they wanted to […]

Completions

Another small piece of recognition, our plane has finally graced the pages of Kitplanes for August 2011, in the Completions section. This is a particularly memorable achievement for me personally because Kitplanes was my first exposure to the Velocity and the concept of homebuilt aircraft. I was in college at the time, and a good friend of […]