[VIDEO] – nose pant test flight

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Nose Pant 2.0

Here we go again. Nose pants are notorious in Velocity circles for getting chucked off for various offenses. I can only hope we can spare this one. Jerry has set up the paint booth in his shop to paint the underside of N202VB, so he was kind enough to shoot this too. I’m hoping to […]

[VIDEO] N44VF First TO&L with Main Gear Pants

Velocity XL/FG N44VF makes her maiden voyage (Take off and Landing) with her main gear pants. She was a rocket sled with these babies, and Scott Swing rang her out for us. Very nice!

Nose Pants

Now that the main gear pants are on and test flown, we’re getting ready to install the nose pant. Unfortunately the nose pant is the cause of much concern in the Velocity community. It apparently is one of the leading causes, maybe the primary or only cause, of nose wheel shimmy. There are a variety […]

Main Gear Pants

Here you can see we’ve finally mounted and flown our main gear pants. They were worth it, near as we can tell right now, right about 10 kias.

Detail Painting

We’re working on the small bits, but here are some pictures from the work just finished. Notice the chrome in the landing light well, the dark crackle on the strake pocket, and the nice fit of the nose hatch. We’re thinking about getting our interior done this spring, so we’re going to paint the door […]