Articles
Here is an index of articles of interest to Velocity builders and owners (articles not provided due to copyright concerns - check your local library).
Contents
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Kitplanes
May 1987 | 53 | Two Easy equals four (original Cozy design?) | Howard Levy |
May 1987 | 78 | Choosing Airfoils | Barnaby Wainfan |
June 1987 | 19 | The Very First Varieze (after 12 years) | David Gustafson |
June 1987 | 25 | Rutan CM-44 Drone (square nose) | Don Downie |
June 1987 | 26 | Crossing the Atlantic in a Cozy | Uli Wolter |
June 1987 | 66 | Choosing Airfoils (part II) | Barnaby Wainfan |
August 1987 | 66 | Choosing Airfoils (part III) | Barnaby Wainfan |
September 1987 |
44 |
The Very Best Varieze? |
Ken Armstrong |
February 1990 |
13 |
Cranfield-An English Oshkosh (Picture of Shaw Twin Ez) |
Geoffrey Jones |
January 1991 | 16 | Homebuilt Accidents Count | Don Downie |
January 1991 | 58 | First Things First - (First Flights, picture of Big Orange) | Peter Lert |
April 1991 | 72 | Copperstate Succeeds Again (picture of N89DW) | Don Downie |
July 1991 | 78 | Wind Tunnel - Parasite Drag | Don Downie |
August 1991 | 22 | A Cozy Four-Seater - Nat Puffer's Cozy MK-IV | Don Downie |
October 1991 | 4 | Around the Patch - Summertime Travel - Ground Testing Velocity | Dave Martin |
October 1991 | 81 | Business Side - Cozy MK-IV plans delivered | Chuck Stewart |
November 1991 | 24 | Dave Ronnenberg's Berkut at Oshkosh | Dave Martin |
November 1991 | 68 | Wind Tunnel - Engine Cooling | Barnaby Wainfan |
November 1991 | 72 | Testing on the Ground - Danny's Velocity Test Rig | Dave Martin |
November 1991 |
76 |
Flying the Velocity |
Dave Martin |
January 1992 | 10 | Birth of an Eagle Richard Riley/Dave Ronnenberg Berkut | Richard Riley |
January 1992 | 38 | Gear up the EZ Way - (N8JE retract Long EZ) | Don Downie |
March 1992 | 40 | Behind the E-Racer (N131RD) | Don Downie |
March 1992 | 7 | Wind Tunnel - Dihedral and Handling | Don Downie |
June 1992 | 4 | Around the Patch - Nat Puffer's Cozy III | Dave Martin |
June 1992 | 8 | Wind Tunnel - Dihedral and Handling (pt.2) | Barnaby Wainfan |
August 1992 | 7 | Wind Tunnel - Adverse yaw, spirals, and dutch rolls | Barnaby Wainfan |
August 1992 | 42 | BD-10 Mach 1 Jet | Leroy Cook |
September 1992 | 54 | Injecting Electrons and Fuel (Vance Atkinson's Cozy) | Vance Atkinson |
December 1992 |
24 |
Engine Beat - Rotary Engine, biggest bargin or endless enigma |
Keith Beveridge |
December 1992 |
34 |
[
http://www.velocityxl.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=133 Velocity sold to Swings] |
Don Waters |
March 1993 |
36 |
[
http://www.velocityxl.com/downloads.php?do=file&id=131 Subaru Velocity - Engine Beat] |
Don Waters |
July 1993 | 26 | Pushing and Pulling - Flying the Defiant | Howard Levy |
July 1993 |
75 |
Completions - Nat Puffer's Cozy (N14CZ) |
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January 1994 | 7 | Capturing the Sky (picture of N91DR Berkut) | Tom Locker |
June 1994 | 26 | Dragonfliers Tell All | Don Downie |
October 1994 | 38 | One Man's Solution - Deep Stall Testing the Cozy | Don Downie |
November 1994 |
32 |
Completions - Vance Atkinson's Cozy |
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October 1995 | 5 | Around the Patch - Planing a High-Velocity Trip (flying 173 to Oshkosh) | Dave Martin |
October 1995 | 26 | Zen and the Art of Alternative Engines - Tracy Crook's Mazda | Tracy Crook |
February 1995 | 56 | Wind Tunnel - Initial Airplane Design Considerations | Barnaby Wainfan |
November 1995 | 25 | Oshkosh Review - Elite Prototype 82VA picture | Dave Martin |
November 1995 | 85 | Business Side - E-Racer becomes a kit | Keith Beveridge |
December 1995 |
6 |
Velocity Matters - We Fly to Oshkosh '85 in Style (173 Elite Prototype) |
Dave Martin |
April 1996 | 26 | Racing a Composite is Varieze | Shirley Hanson |
November 1996 |
26 |
Business Side - Aerocanard Debut |
Keith Beveridge |
February 1997 | 43 | Back-to-School Special - Picture of Machado Velocity N131MM | Keith Beveridge |
February 1997 | 56 | Wind Tunnel - Leading Edge Devices (Vortilons) | Barnaby Wainfan |
February 1997 | 86 | Don't Try this at Home (Jetpack) | Howard Levy |
April 1997 | 3 | Around the Patch - Kitplanes sold | Dave Martin |
May 1997 | 10 | Saunder Stiletto (modified AeroCad AeroCanard) | Howard Levy |
May 1997 | 16 | Getting it Down (Long-EZ lands on dock) | Steve Jones |
June 1997 | 29 | Wind Tunnel - Reducing Drag Beats Adding Power | Barnaby Wainfan |
August 1997 | 40 | Business Side - Long EZ breaks Altitude Record (35,027') | Keith Beveridge |
August 1997 | 76 | Sun-n-Fun Report - Scott Swing/Velocity picture | Dave Martin |
September 1997 | 69 | Completions - William Huisman's Velocity Elite FG | |
October 1997 | 4 | Around the Patch - Velocity XL Debuts | Dave Martin |
November 1997 | 16 | Oshkosh Review - DeltaHawk Diesel Debuts | Dave Martin |
December 1997 |
6 |
Wind Tunnel - Estimating Propeller Thrust |
Barnaby Wainfan |
May 1998 | 11 | High-Performance Sampler | |
August 1998 | 36 | Moving Up - Mark Beduhn Upgrades to a Cozy Mk-IV | Mark Beduhn |
September 1998 | 40 | Homebuilt Stats (Pt. 1) | Don Downie |
September 1998 | 86 | Canard Crowd - Rutun fliers flock to Missouri | Leroy Cook |
October 1998 | 4 | Around the Patch - Velocity West Chevy 350 | Dave Martin |
October 1998 | 58 | Homebuilt Stats (Pt. 2) | Ron Wanttaja |
October 1998 | 70 | Flying an Eagle (Berkut) | Vicki Cruse |
November 1998 | 21 | Oskhosh Recap - Velocity/Scott Swing | Jennifer Gwosdof |
November 1998 | 76 | Homebuilt Stats (Pt. 3) | Ron Wanttaja |
December 1998 |
104 |
Homebuilt Stats (Pt. 4) |
Ron Wanttaja |
February 1999 | 68 | Homebuilt Stats (Pt. 5) | Ron Wanttaja |
February 1999 | 88 | Engine Beat - Diesel's are coming (Deltahawk) | John Larsen |
March 1999 | 11 | Chasing the Blue Riband - Prudhomme XL (N140JP) | Ron Wanttaja |
March 1999 | 76 | Balancing Act - Flutter Testing | Bill Welch |
April 1999 | 6 | Just Reward - Jean Prudhomme Velocity XL (N140JP) | Howard Levy |
July 1999 | 26 | Commuting the EZ Way (Varieze commuting) | Bob Gray |
September 1999 |
45 |
Completions - Cory Howe 173 Elite RG |
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April 2000 | 76 | Finishing Fiberglass | Gary Jones |
June 2000 | 46 | Quickie USA | Sam Hoskins |
June 2000 | 76 | Business Side - Velocity Service Center Opens in Florida | Keith Beveridge |
October 2000 | 40 | Completions - Dan Cunninghams Standard FG | |
October 2000 | 43 | Weighing in on Winglets - What effect do they have on lift and drag? | Bill Welch |
November 2000 | 14
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Airborne SUV - Velocity's new SUV
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Keith Beveridge |
November 2000 | 52 | Engine Beat - Diesel Race (Deltahawk) | John Larsen |
November 2000 | 62 | Quickplanes - Build a Velocity in 60 days (Dick Affenits XL/RG) | Mary Bernard |
November 2000 |
76 |
Hot Sparking' Cool Bird (Dragonfly) |
Terrence O'Neill |
March 2001 | 74 | Cool Tandem-Wingers Swarm (Q2/Dragonfly) | Terrence O'Neill |
July 2001 | 42 | Completions - John Kiss 173 RG | |
August 2001 | 40 | Builder Assistance Roundup (Dick Affenits XL/RG) | Mary Bernard |
September 2001 | 48 | Stats Revisited (Pt. 1) | Ron Wanttaja |
October 2001 | 51 | Completions - Herb Wiehl/Ruedi Marti/Alfons Hubmann Velocity | |
October 2001 | 59 | A Love/Hate Letter | Ursula Wiehl |
October 2001 | 80 | Stats Revisited (Pt. 2) | Ron Wanttaja |
November 2001 | 44 | Stats Revisited (Pt. 3) | Ron Wanttaja |
December 2001 |
118 |
Stats Revisited (Pt. 4) |
Ron Wanttaja |
May 2002 | 6 | What's new - Airwolf acquires Walker Line, Custom Exhaust Technolgies | Mary Bernard |
May 2002 | 56 | Wind Tunnel - Design Considerations for pusher-type aircraft | Barnaby Wainfan |
June 2002 | 32 | Black Hills Adventure (Beduhn Cozy MK-IV) | Mark Beduhn |
June 2002 | 66 | Wind Tunnel - Afterbody Aerodynamics | Barnaby Wainfan |
July 2002 | 26 | How Piston Engines Make Power (Pt.1) | Tom Wyatt |
July 2002 | 37 | Wind Tunnel - Cooling a Pusher Engine | Barnaby Wainfan |
October 2002 | 51 | How Piston Engines Make Power (Pt.2) | Tom Wyatt |
December 2002 |
28 |
Oshkosh '02 Recap (Picture of FireFly) |
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July 2003 | 30 | Tandem Winger Time - DragonFlys and Q-Birds swarm to Kansas | Terrence O'Neill |
August 2003 | 6 | What's New - DeltaHawk Diesel Flys | Brian Clark |
August 2003 | 30 | The Electronic Edge - LSE's Electronic Ignition Sparks Improved Performance | Vicki Cruse |
November 2003 | 44 | Making it Look EZ - Lou Arnold Long-EZ | Dave Higdon |
December 2003 |
6 |
What's New - Velocity Introduces the Dash-5 XL |
Brian Clark |
January 2004 | 54 | How Piston Engines Make Power (Pt.5) | Tom Wyatt |
February 2004 | 61 | Doing Diesel Duty in Wiscosin (DeltaHawk) | John Larsen |
June 2004 | 27 | All in EFIS/One - Test Flying the BMA E/1 | Dave Higdon |
June 2004 | 37 | Build your own EFIS (pt1) | James Hauser |
August 2004 | 55 | Deception - N111VX LW/FG | Rick Lindstrom |
September 2004 | 44 | How Piston Engines Make Power (Pt.7) | Tom Wyatt |
December 2004 | 6 | The Spacemaker - Velocity's Dash 5 | Dave Higdon |
December 2004 |
26 |
How Piston Engines Make Power (Pt.8) |
Tom Wyatt |
May 2005 | 4 | What's New - BRS Parachute for Dash-5 (yea, right) | Brian Clark |
June 2005 | 48 | In Search of the Perfect Paint Job (Deception) | Rick Lindstrom |
July 2005 | 24 | Creativity under the Cowl (Cozy Subaru) | Cory Emberson |
August 2005 |
22 |
14 Kits for Heavy Haulin (Dash-5 featured) |
Dave Higdon |
April 2006 | 26 | Put it on the Tab (canted aileron tabs for improved coordination) | Tim Kern |
September 2006 | 17 | Las Vegas Quickie | Ed Wischmeyer |
September 2006 | 28 | Homebuilt Aircraft - How Safe are they (pt.1) | Ron Wanttaja |
September 2006 | 33 | Homebuilt Aircraft - How Safe are they (pt.2) | Ron Wanttaja |
October 2006 | 35 | Detonation and Pre-Ignition | Walter Atkinson |
December 2006 | 16 | Say What (Gary Spencer Ford V8 Long EZ N51EZ) | Ed Wischmeyer |
December 2006 |
83 |
Engine Beat - DeltaHawk Diesel, ready for primetime? |
Tim Kern |
July 2007 | 58 | Completions - Mel Bina Standard RG (N14B) | |
August 2007 | 10 | Cozy MK-IV (N14CZ) | Ed Wischmeyer |
August 2007 | 69 | Wind Tunnel - Compromises of a Fixed Pitch Prop | Barnaby Wainfan |
September 2007 | 68 | Wind Tunnel - Value of a Constant Speed Prop | Barnaby Wainfan |
November 2007 |
10 |
Flight Review - A Higher Velocity (TXL-5) |
Marc Cook |
August 2010 |
8 |
Flight Review - Velocity Increased - Ron Stevens N74GP |
Doug Rozendaal |
Custom Planes
February 2000 - Velocity Now Bigger and Better
Sport Aviation
1986 April, Velocity, Ron Vought, page 46
1987 July, First Kit Built Velocity (Neil Hunter's), Jack Cox, page 20
1988 September, "Big Orange" Osh Kosh Preview, Carl Schuppel, page 57
1989 January, Swing's Shop Fire "Hotline", Jack Cox, page 9
1991 July, Solving a Deep Stall Riddle, Jack Cox, page
1991 September, Deep Stall Continued, Barry Jones, page 55
1992 August, Doer's Velocity, Carl Schuppel, page44
1992 September, Velocity sold to Swings, Jack Cox, page 5
1992 December, Neil Hunter's Deep Stall accident, Jack Cox, page 9
1993 July, Great Pumpkin becomes Pink Panter (Subaru Power), Jack Cox, page 36
1993 July, Velocity's California Connection, Mark Machado, page 66
1996 June, Flight Review Velocity, Ed Kolano, page 58
1997 November, Deep Stall Accident Report, , page 112
1998 January, Velocity XL Roll Response, Ed Konlano, page 96
1998 January, XL Flying Qualities, Ed Kolano, page 84
1999 May, Tim England's V6 Velocity, Jack Cox, page 38
2001 September, Dave Lincoln's Velocity, Jack Cox, page 48
2003 June, DeltaHawk Diesel, , page 26
2003 October, Velocity Dash 5, , page 23
2005 February, Kevin Steiner's Deception, Jack Cox, page 32
2006 December, Builder's Moments, Andy Millin, page 66
2010 April, CheVelocity Bill Mulrooney and Dan Horvath's N427, Budd Davisson, page 41
AC 43.13 Acceptable Methods
Other
Pitch Trim and Pitch Stability by Larry Coen
NACA duct design requirements article
NACA Spreadsheets: nacascoop1.xls Andy Millin
Grass Field operations tips from Waiter (John Wait)
Exhaust augmentation article by Buffalo Forge
Canard Pusher article on Deep Stall
Airventure Race article by Jack Watson
Air/Oil separator article by Don White
IO-540 Type Certificate
O-540 Type Certificate