XL-5 Backseat was RE: REFLECTOR: fuel feed - my solutions

Craig and/or Denise Woolston cdwoolston at verizon.net
Fri Mar 4 08:31:13 CST 2005


Scott's right (should be in this case).  There is decent room in the back of
a XL-5, I've sat in the demonstrator and my own.  "Room" is one of those
relative terms, since I'm the "biggest" person in my family, 5'8", 140
pounds the back seat is "huge" compared to say a Mooney.

FWIW, we cheated our back seat as far back as it will go, but gave up the
fold down 60% side since "big" in John's family is 6'3" (obviously his kids
will be "bigger").

Craig
XL-5FG in Palmdale, CA

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Scott Baker
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:10 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fuel feed - my solutions

Some of the Velocity literature says "2-adults, plus one child"; and other 
literature says, "3-children".  Everyone connected with sales at Velocity 
goes out of their way to say there is not enough room for 3-adults.  Weight,

by the way, is not a problem in the back seat due to the rear seat CG arm 
being so close to the recommended CG flight envelope.
SB

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Randy Wharton" <rwharton at buckeye-express.com>
To: "'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'" <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 10:12 AM
Subject: RE: REFLECTOR: fuel feed - my solutions


> The -5 is pitched as a 5-seater, too, but the only way you're going to get

> 3
> in the back is if those 3 are kids. You're certainly not going to get 3
> adults back there, and if you did, you'd be overweight.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
> Behalf Of Jerry.Brainard at anthem.com
> Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:43 AM
> To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: fuel feed - my solutions
>
>
> By the way, did I tell you that my buddy that is a pilot for FedEx (Bob) 
> is
> retiring this year and will be ordering a Velo this month for delivery 
> next
> January.  He's going through all of the questions we all ask.  One of the
> things that I realized in trying to answer his questions about the dash 5
> is that to get the storage that they have they have moved the rear seats
> forward about a foot.  The way they present it would appear that they find
> some more length in the fuse.  My thought is that it seems that will make
> it a bit tight in the back seat.
>
> -jerry
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