The seat hard-points were installed using the factory placement guidelines as a starting point, however our seats have a large amount of side-bolstering, so we mounted them slightly off-center, but the specified 35″ from the canard bulkhead. The rear seats were trial fitted in different locations, to allow for different operational characteristics. We tried allowing […]
Read More
Here’s my current thinking about what our panel will look like. It’s still a bit rough, but you can see that we plan on going with the Sierra Flight Systems all glass EFIS-2000 hardware (check them out from our Links page). This is backed up by vacuum 2.25″ standard flight instruments. We’ve placed an all […]
Read More
Fuel venting is through a common vent system in the Velocity. The two main tanks and sump all come to a common point, run to the top of the firewall to avoid any fuel spillage, and then exit through the bottom of the plane. I’ve installed an option check valve to allow cabin air to […]
Read More
Once cured, the tips are dry fitted to the canard. I’ll need to relieve mine against the elevators and counterweights just a bit. Canard Tip Dry Fitting Once that’s done, tip is bonded foam-to-foam with Micro and held in place with Bondo. Then you sand both parts and attach it permanently with a layer […]
Read More
The Fuel tubing in the Velocity is 3/8″ 3003 Aluminum tubing. The line from each tank’s fuel outlet drain directly to the sump tank so there is no need for a fuel selector valve. The sump exits to a shut-off valve (with a T-handle control on the pilot’s side of the keel) and exits to […]
Read More
In this section we mounted the front aileron control torque tube support bracket on the inside of the keel, pilot side, with the flange facing forward. The front end of the bearing goes 18-1/4″ aft of the front flange of the keel, over top of the the “house” hard point we put in in Section […]
Read More