Velocity SE
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| name=Velocity SE
| image=Velocity-N6971T-071008-04-16.jpg
| caption=Velocity SE RG at the Mojave Spaceport
| type=Homebuilt aircraft
| national_origin=United States
| manufacturer=Velocity Aircraft
| designer=Duane Swing
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| introduction=1995
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| variants=Velocity XL, Rocket Racer
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The Velocity Model 173 SE (Standard Elite) is an entry-level canard pusher aircraft from Velocity Aircraft.[http://www.velocityaircraft.com/airplane-models-se.html Velocity SE] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100706232805/http://www.velocityaircraft.com/airplane-models-se.html |date=2010-07-06 }}, Velocity Aircraft website, 2008, accessed 2010-12-11.Vandermeullen, Richard: 2011 Kit Aircraft Buyer's Guide, Kitplanes, Volume 28, Number 12, December 2011, page 75. Belvoir Publications. {{ISSN|0891-1851}}{{cite web|title=Velocity Aircraft|url=http://www.velocityaircraft.com/views/v3.pdf|access-date=11 September 2012|archive-date=31 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031105326/http://velocityaircraft.com/views/V3.pdf|url-status=dead}}
The four seat, rear engine aircraft may be powered by a {{convert|160|hp|abbr=on}} Lycoming IO-320 or a {{convert|200|hp|abbr=on}} Lycoming IO-360 engine.
Variants
;Velocity SE-FG
:Fixed landing gear version, 88 completed and flown by December 2011.
;Velocity SE-RG
:Retractable landing gear version, 180 completed and flown by December 2011.
; Rocket Racer
: The Mark-I X-Racer, a rocketplane design for the Rocket Racing League built on a Velocity SE airframe. It was built by XCOR Aerospace with an XCOR XR-4K14 {{cvt|1,500|lbf}} thrust rocket engine fuelled by LOX and kerosene.{{Cite web
|url=http://www.xcor.com/products/index.html
|title=Twin 400 lb-thrust XR-4A3 engines aboard the EZ-Rocket
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101125130731/http://www.xcor.com/products/index.html
|archive-date=2010-11-25
|publisher=XCOR Aerospace
|access-date=2010-12-27
}} This rocket-powered aircraft flew several demonstration flights at the 2008 EAA AirVenture Oshkosh air show.[http://www.universetoday.com/2009/08/06/xcor-xracer-videos/ XCOR X-Racer], by Nancy Atkinson, Universe Today, 2009-08-06, accessed 2010-04-26.
Specifications (SE-RG IO-360)
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- Landing speed: {{convert|70|kn|kph mph|abbr=on}}
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See also
References
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External links
{{Commons category|Velocity SE}}
- [http://www.velocityaircraft.com Velocity aircraft]
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Category:1990s United States civil utility aircraft