Friday January 13, 2006
Friday January 13, 2006
Velocity
Well my pseudo airline will eventually be getting another airplane. After much delay I've ordered a kit for a new airplane. I've wanted to build an airplane for a long time. Back in the late '80s I thought I wanted to build a White Lightning. It was a really fast (300+mph) 4 seater (though the rear passengers faced backwards). It's probably a good thing I never built one as you can barely find evidence of its existence on Google. Actually once I saw one in person I wasn't really interested in it anymore.
The airplane I finally ordered is a Velocity. It is a derivative of a Rutan design. It is decently fast with a big enough engine in it (200 knots). I've ordered an XL-5 RG. Although it is a very long way off I hope to put a diesel in it. Once the folks at DeltaHawk get around to the larger engine. The factory quotes numbers as low as 1200-1500 hours to build it. I expect it'll be at least double that. My schedule is to have it flying in seven years.
I certainly know what'll be taking up my spare time for quite a while in the future! I guess the first thing will be to work on a new logo for FatCatAir.
Jan 13 2006, 02:04:40 PM EST
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