REFLECTOR: V-twin with AOPA

[Lawrence Epstein]

For that price, might as well use 2 PT-6's

On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 1:26 PM, John Abraham <john at velocityaircraft.com>wrote:

> Richard,****
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> Sales price of something like that would be $2.3mil.  Still interested?
> But the engines would be FADEC!****
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> *From:* reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] *On
> Behalf Of *Richard J. Gentil
> *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 1:11 PM
> *To:* Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> *Subject:* Re: REFLECTOR: V-twin with AOPA****
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> Ok how about unpressurized 6 seat with a pair of twin turbo 550's or a
> pair of turbo normalized 580's. ****
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> That would be a good kick in the pants when you push the power levers
> forward. ****
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> Since the plan was originally to compete with the twin Comanche we could
> take the 720's from the Comanche 400 ramp them up to 780's and then we let
> that thing loose. ****
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> I would like to see the first piston twin that climbs at 3,000 ft per min
> on one engine. ****
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> Now that velocity I would love to build!****
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> Richard
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> On Aug 31, 2012, at 12:42 PM, Lawrence Epstein <ljepstein at hotmail.com>
> wrote:****
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> As I understand it, pressurization is not even a consideration with that
> design. Fuselage would have to be re-engineered entirely.
> now a 6 seater, with 2 Deltahawks.....................................****
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> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 12:32 PM, Richard J. Gentil <
> richard at naples-air-center.com> wrote:****
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> We have the proof of concept so now let ramp that thing up.
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> We need to scale that thing into a 6 seat 300kt (possibly pressurized)
> turbo charge piston twin.
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> Now that would be king of the market.
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> Richard
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> On Aug 31, 2012, at 12:21 PM, "Al Gietzen" <alventures at cox.net> wrote:
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> > Over my many years of being a pilot, builder, and Velocity flyer; I
> > frequently looked at comparing pros and cons, costs and benefits, of twin
> > piston vz single engine piston powered planes. To me, to balance always
> > favored the single; and given the moribund condition of the twin piston
> > market over more than the last decade, most buyers agreed.
> >
> > But the V-twin seems destined to turn the tables on that scenario.
> > Congratulations to the team at Velocity for a job well done! The
> combination
> > of looks and performance is impressive!
> >
> > Is this the airplane that Velocity should consider for certification??
> >
> > Al
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> > -----Original Message-----
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> > Behalf Of John Abraham
> > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2012 4:54 PM
> > To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
> > Subject: REFLECTOR: V-twin with AOPA
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> > http://m.aopa.org/aircraft/articles/2012/120829velocity-v-twin.html
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> > A very special thank you to Peter Hobart and Tony Rizzo for
> participating in
> > this event. It was great flying with you guys.
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