REFLECTOR: Velocity twin

Jones Nick nick.jones at volvo.com
Tue Nov 8 12:44:59 CST 2011


Beech had to use the articulating canard to offset the down force imposed by the flaps. They had to install flaps to get the approach speeds required for certified aircraft. They would have preferred not to install the articulating canard but had no choice. I wondered if we use a swept canard on the Velos if there would be any speed/efficiency gains.

Best regards,

Nick and Connie Jones
Velocity XL-RG
N10CN
99% done 90% to go

From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On Behalf Of Scott Derrick
Sent: Tuesday, November 08, 2011 12:45 PM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity twin

The Piaggio is a cool canard and one could argue that it has seen better success than the Starship, though I think the Starship would have been a great success if the KingAir division of Beech hadn't scuttled it in favor of their conventional twin.  I also think Beech spoiled the design somewhat by insisting on the articulating canard and all the weight and complexity that change added.

I'm not saying a conventional empennange wouldn't work I just question if the change from winglets to single tail throws out the baby with the bath water.  their are some really good things about the winglets and I haven't heard a convincing argument that the benefits of a single tail outweigh them.

Scott

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Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: Velocity twin
From: Doug Kanczuzewski <doug at customstudio.com><mailto:doug at customstudio.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org><mailto:reflector at tvbf.org>
Date: 11/08/2011 10:22 AM

The other large canard still flying does have the tall tail, and I do not think looks that bad.






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