REFLECTOR: Sun-n-fun news ?

Craig and Denise Woolston cdwoolston at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 27 08:35:25 CDT 2007


Yea, there was a real airplane there.  They towed it up and claimed it would
be flying to Osh.  It was close to looking done.  Panel was lit up with OP
Tech glass panels, engine was hung and cowled up, interior in, paint all
done, etc.  The dead give away that they still had work to go was the
exhaust was straight from the Velocity factory and untrimmed and not even
run.  So who knows what's left but probably not much.  I think they will
need to do some "real test flying".  There are a lot of similar shapes but
enough differences that I would not have gotten in it if I was offered a
ride and they hadn't told me/showed me they had really tested the aircraft.

There is dihedral in the canard as well as sweep.  All the shapes are fatter
and the wings droop down some.  The gear was different and all metal, it
looked better from a retract complexity, but I'm not a retract guy.

Craig


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Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 7:04 AM
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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Sun-n-fun news ?

Did this company show an actual aircraft? Flying?
Looks like another Velo rippoff
>Might not be NEW news for some, but I was surprised by this,
>
>http://www.freedom-aviation.com/main.htm
>
>Didn't get to stop and talk to as many vendors as I would have liked (6
yr
>wants to look at planes, not talk).  But seems like everyone has a jet
now.
>Vesta is selling a LS1 firewall "aft" engine and prop setup.
Aerocomposites
>had an MT blade cut open and their prop certainly looked more stout but
so's
>the price.
>
>Velocity said the "Turbo Charlie" is coming along and making ~250 true
at
>25,000ft and the twin is still in work but probably 14 months out.
>
>Craig
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