Index for Our Velocity Project.  You can click on the Image to the left and check out the Velocity Aircraft Company Web Pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 N713MR - Velocity 173 Elite RG 

IO360 C1C Lycoming

Catto 3 blade 66" dia x 70" pitch

IFR panel featuring Garmin 430 GPS/NAV/COM

Grand Rapids EIS Engine Monitor with fuel flow

1484 lb empty weight

2400 lb gross weight

60 gallon fuel quantity

Airworthiness Certificate January 30, 2003

First Flight - March 4, 2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX TO PICTURES AND TEXT

The Kit Arrives

Beginning the Retract Hydraulics

Keel work begins

Instrument Panel Design Begins

NACA Scoops in the Nose

Moving to the Airport

Wiring and Instrument Panel

Fuel Strake Bulkheads and Baffles the Easy Way

Rear Fuel Bulkhead to Upper CS Spar Layups (Without turning the fuselage upside down!)

Fuel Header Tank and Instrument Panel

Strakes - Fuel Tanks

Vent System

Oil and Vacuum Lines

Canard

Doors

Cowl and Aileron Linkages

Fuselage Inverted

Main Gear Doors

Sanding and Filling

Engine Installation

Moving On

Instrument Panel

Interior

Final Assembly

Ground Testing and Final Inspection

Flight Testing

Weight and Balance an Excel 2000 Spreadsheet for performing the Initial Weight and Balance as well as a Tool for Calculating Flying WT and BAL.

Operating Manual - The factory manual revised to reflect N713MR

Check Lists for N713MR

Flight Testing Manual - Collections from EAA, FAA, Falco and Velocity Inc.

Maintenance Checklists

Equipment List and Links to Suppliers 

First Flight - March 4, 2003

Project Summary

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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