REFLECTOR: Velocity Views R.I. P.

Thu Mar 20 00:42:06 CDT 2008

Think I can answer your question Alex.. While I too opened the mailed copy
of VV with anticipation, the factory made it quite clear over a long period
of time that not enough past and present builders were subscribing to
Velocity Views to continue with it without the factory subsidising it (or
perhaps.....further subsidising it?). Regular pleas (it became so
repetitive!) to subscribe were in numerous editions from Rick, Duane and
Scott Swing....but the numbers apparently continued to dwindle & there was
complaints about cost.

I liked VV (but not as much as the web based version). The cost of overseas
postage for a B & W newsletter that effectively had the same numerous
repeated pages of exactly the same advertising every edition (& promoting
fly ins & events that weren't relevant to us overseas guys), made it
expensive for the limited pages we had an interest in (not that I wasn't
interested in factory fly-ins and events)....sooooo, I really welcomed the
web newsletter! - not only because of the use of colour and much clearer
pictures than VV but it also meant that everyone could get it gratis, &
without delay. This should have made for even better circulation.. I was
also aware that quite a few, including myself were not happy (in principle)
that the only way to obtain advice of factory kit plan changes (KPC's) were
by subscribing to VV - which seemed extortionate and was not in the interest
of safety in terms of wide distribution of safety directives to all the
target builders.

By abandoning the printed version, Lavoie did not have control of
circulation and would have had to be entirely funded by the factory, so Rick
departed and it appears continuation of the web newsletter ran out of steam
- due principally I believe to lack of additional outside material being
contributed. I reckon it would be extremely hard to continue to produce
quality content when you've done stories on events, developments & everybody
at the factory including the factory cat!

There was one other advantage of VV hardcopy - how many times would you take
your PC to the can as opposed to a magazine or newsletter??

Greg in Sydney.
greg at pooledresources.com.au 

-----Original Message-----
From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Kevin Baker
Sent: Thursday, 20 March 2008 15:51
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list; 'Velocity Aircraft Owners
and Builders list'
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity Views R.I. P.

I second that .......

At 10:59 PM 3/19/2008, Alex Balic wrote:
>Let me once again express my deep regret that Rick is no longer providing
us
>with that outstanding source of Velocity information and general
>camaraderie- I used to get the warm fuzzies every time I found a new Views
>in my mailbox- everything stopped as I sat down a read it in it's entirety-
>gave me the extra boost to keep moving foreword on my project- I still have
>only read maybe 1 1/2 of the rarely/never-updated "new and improved" online
>version- really, I am not sure why Velocity Inc. had the views terminated-
>it has been an unfilled void ever since.
>
>Alex
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
>Behalf Of Brett Ferrell
>Sent: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 12:28 PM
>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
>Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: VG for naca scoop.
>
>Tony,
>
>I think that this is the article that you're referring to.  I've been
>seeking to expand my website with more content for owner/flyers as well as
>builders, and since there were so many great articles in the views I
>requested permission from Rick Lavoie to reprint some of them (to which he
>graciously consented).  Here's the direct link:
>http://n44vf.velocityxl.com/articles/views/VV_1Q2003_VG.pdf
>
>Brett
>www.velocityxl.com (old builder's site)
>www.n44vf.com (new overall site)
>
> >  -------Original Message-------
> >  From: Tony Babb <tonybabb at alejandra.net>
> >  Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: VG  for naca scoop.
> >  Sent: 19 Mar '08 10:32
> >
> >  There  was an article in Velocity Views a couple of years ago about VGs
>on
> >  the top NACA  scoops. Sorry I don't recall exactly what they said.
> >
> >  -----Original Message-----
> >  FROM:   reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org]
ON
> >  BEHALF OF   Al Gietzen
> >  SENT: Wednesday, March 19, 2008 8:05 AM
> >  TO:   'Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list'
> >  SUBJECT: Re: REFLECTOR:   VG for naca scoop.
> >
> >
> >  Can anyone tell me how far ahead   of the oil cooler scoop to place the
> >  vgs to increase flow, also I want to put   some ahead of my cabin
> >  ventilator on the bottom of the pan as I'm not getting   much flow out
of
> >  the vents in the back seat.
> >
> >
> >  Any thoughts would be   appreciated.
> >
> >
> >  \Thanks
> >
> >
> >  Jim
> >
> >  Jim;
> >
> >
> >  I'm not the expert,   but I don't think it's a one
> >  answer fits all.  It depends on where the   scoop is and how much
>boundary
> >  layer buildup is expected. It may have to be   trial and error.
> >
> >
> >  If you are speaking   of the stock NACA inlet on the side near the
nose,
>I
> >  wouldn't expect much   potential from VGs.  At that point there
> >  isn't much BL, and relatively   high pressure on the diverging
> >  surface.
> >
> >
> >  As a general   answer, I'll just guess about 12" for small VGs
> >  and shallow BL and further for   larger VGs and thicker BL. Maybe
someone
> >  else has some experience and   empirical data.
> >
> >
> >  Al
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