Velocity Aircraft - How Its Made Factory Tour + Demo Flight Flying Sebastian Florida - Raptor Like

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

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[@raymondj8768]

Did you see Ralph ? lol jk

[@reggiecard2918]

I would love to see this fantastic aircraft demonstrated with the newly certified deltahawk engines.

[@jamesharkness1058]

This is the best Velocity show and tell video I have ever seen

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Really now?! Thanks! I appreciate your support!

[@lesb3481]

I've been considering getting a Velocity for years, but every time I'm almost ready to pull the trigger, I go flying again in my old V-tail Bonanza and decide I'm still in love with it. The Velocity is a great airplane though and if I ever upgrade, it will be at or near the top of my list.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

V-Tail... nice classic FAST airplane for sure. Great value as well. Thank You for taking the time to say hello... and for your support!

[@lesb3481]

@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel Your channel has quickly become one of my favorites on KZbin, especially after your recent engine series. Thanks!

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

@@lesb3481 Thank You for the feedback! :-)

[@rustusandroid]

LOVE Velocitys! It's nice to see the twins are getting popular.

[@jonasbaine3538]

Very interesting that it won’t sink in water. Imagine ditching in the ocean and having life saved from that. Awesome.

[@garrygballard8914]

Velocity is one of the most beautiful airplanes there is. Next to the VL3 Evolution. 👍

[@rnordquest]

Don't forget it's twin the Blackwing 635RG.

[@dagestanifive]

Absolutely stunning. Would much rather have this than a Cirrus SR22 anyday. Just the look of it alone is so unique. Nothing like it.

[@sigmabrands6934]

I live in the next town over. I took my sons to the facility, everyone was very nice and we even got a guided golf cart tour of the assembly area as well as various completed birds in the hangar. We even got to climb in and out of several of them. My kids were pretty jazzed, dad was drooling too...

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Haha! Nice! Always a good thing to live near an airport to have some traffic flying over. Thanks for watching!

[@rnordquest]

I live 1.5 miles from the airport and see/hear this fly by regularly. I took a demo ride years ago; I should go back and visit.

[@avimaltzman5673]

Beautiful place. Beautiful people. Two smells that were part of our youth, the new generation is missing ( and they don’t even realize that they’re missing): 1. The smell of a machine shop. 2. The smell of books in a library.

[@foesfly3047]

Very very interesting content Bryan. Thank you.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Thanks for showing up to say hello!

[@MrJdsenior]

Those wire looms look like stuff I used to see in aerospace. Very nice and clean. Building a Long EZ one of the really enjoyable parts was hot wiring cores. I'm a little surprised people don't want to do this. We genned up a hot wire supply that maintained constant average temperature and it worked really well. Great tour, beautiful aircraft.

[@deansiracusa3966]

Great episode! Looks like a great plane to fly!

[@PARTner91]

What beautiful aircraft 👍🏻

[@LeftSeatAdventures]

Excellent, flying a canard aircraft is another one on my bucket list. These look like the top of the line. Great to watch this while the Sonex is stuck behind a 3' snow bank. I might need to move...

[@vidmikevid]

That was a great video. I’ve been drawn to velocity aircraft for a long time and this video was one of the more clear/ straight forward videos out there. Thanks for posting!

[@garrygballard8914]

Cool, I use to hang out there back in the late 80’s. Back in the Orange Crush days. The first R.G.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Orange Crush? Hah! Sebastian is a cool airport for sure. And... what Velocity is doing in the hangar is ever cooler! Thanks for watching!

[@rileyswing9731]

Well that’s awesome

[@Mrsournotes]

Always liked the look of the Velocity. Enjoyed the video Bryan, thank you.

[@terrencejackson4587]

I’m so jealous! I have an RC version of the single engine Velocity XL and it’s such a sweet design.

[@BigDawgCleveland]

Awesome aircraft for sure! 😎 ✈

[@jeffreydyanzio5709]

I fly a citation into kvrb often, I must drive up to see this place. Have always liked the velocities.

[@vindoll6237]

Very cool to see. Awesome looking and performance plane.

[@moonipad4514]

Stunning design and a joy to fly

[@ThePinkPanth3r]

One of the early velocity planes was for sale recently, had a Pink Panther on it.

[@rnordquest]

Did my demo ride in the Pink Panther many years ago. Loved how it handled.

[@dajames777]

Awesome Video! Very informative. 🤙🤙🤙

[@aflyingman]

Velocity has come a long way in the development of their kit. Nice job Brian on getting this. Missed these guys at homebuilders week. ( I think that your view count within the first few hours already exceeds the attendance for that event by the way. Nice!)

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Thank You! It was a lot of fun to see first hand and then TAKE FLIGHT! Such a cool design. Literally like a car with wings!

[@redskizedski7336]

What an amaaaazing aircraft! Hmmmm Christmas is just around the corner 😆

[@BobbyTucker]

This video tour of the factory was very much enjoyed, thank you for your time and patience.

[@kimber841]

Beautiful aircraft. Thanks

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Thanks for chiming in here! Thank You for watching!

[@emmittbishop4783]

That is the coolest little plain. I've got to get one some day.

[@aldohattonduran5227]

This is the best 🏆 airplane 🛫 EVER! SOOOOO perfect 🙌🏻🙌🏻🛩️🏆

[@zx1100a1]

Any time you are in the Sebastian area, stop by and record another video. I’m here to watch it.

[@timmotel5804]

Very interesting and well presented. Beautiful aircrafts. Thank You

[@charlesharper7292]

Wow, in my opinion the most beautiful and graceful lady in the sky outside of the F22! Wish I had the time and skills to build one. Thanks for a great video.

[@keithbrown2458]

Makes me want to start looking into buying a velocity kit

[@lynnh8189]

I live south of Sabastian and have met Scott and Dwayne several times, they are Great people and listen to you. The shop is clean where it’s needed. I also surf at the inlet and see their planes fly by time to time (Yes, surfers like the fly-bys). Some day (Need more $$) would like to take a serious look at purchasing a Velocity. I have my licenses but don’t fly at this time. **Can we get updates on the twin turbo and the specs, how far can you go, carry load ect….. Thanks Dale in FL (Victor’s Friend)

[@louismaberry9683]

Amazing plane!

[@musoseven8218]

Very nice, progressive looking aircraft.

[@eddysanta1213]

Excellent...

[@KutWrite]

What a cool design!

[@keithbrown2458]

What an absolutely gorgeous aircraft beautiful

[@Parr4theCourse]

Love Velocities!!

[@AaronRobertson]

Thanks for this one! Been interested in this aircraft for some time!

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Excellent! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@taiming71]

That is a awesome looking machine. Sports car of the airplanes.

[@YourFriendlyGApilot]

Super! Hey, what are the installed rocker switches on the canopy?

[@joeblow5037]

amazing aircraft

[@zx1100a1]

Ohhhh, I want one of these aircraft.

[@YU-ed5wn]

Thank you for this, inspiring.

[@BrianRhodes9763]

That's a sweet aircraft

[@thearchibaldtuttle]

Cool shop!

[@alfredasstankus6352]

Nice. , Thanks

[@Ebbrush3]

that blue v-twin looks sweet ....yes please

[@mxyzptlyk]

Great looking airplane. Who'd have thought a plane like that could come out of that mess of a barn. I want one. 😊

[@babyboomer9560]

When I was building a Vari-Eze Burt Rutan said you could tell a lot about a builder by how neat and clean his work area was….just saying. The Rutan hangar in Mojave in 1978 was immaculate.

[@mxyzptlyk]

@@babyboomer9560 You’re right. We saw inside the Rutan hangar when we did a tour of the airplane graveyard in the late 1990s. From distant memory, I seem to remember a Beech Starship was parked outside.

[@devilliers123]

Look back at how the Wright Brothers go started.. .

[@devilliers123]

@@babyboomer9560 take a look back at the Berkut

[@cpear760]

"The Boston Whaler of Aircraft". Inspiring comment, although I still would not want test it's water landing capabilities. Putting this on the short list of aircraft I'd like to own someday.

[@mhilderbrand7693]

Funny! “The surfers love it when we fly by, at least I think they do?” Translation: if I were a surfer, I would love to see the fly by!

[@ericgillis1658]

I’m a surfer. I concur.

[@larrysouthern5098]

This is a beautiful Airplane!!!...She shure is Pretty!!!......🐦

[@johnlynch6589]

Nice video Brian. Thanks and well done. Did you get your head round why you had to get the bag out..? Eliminating the obvious possibilities of course. Do you think it may have been the repeated oscillations or what..? Thanks.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Sure. We actually went into three(3) oscillations and none of them were "dramatic" and in fact a very tall "wave" if you will within the oscillation spectrum. But we did "float" (zero gravity) for a significant amount of time and then loaded into a very positive g-force climbing the "wave" and then repeat. Then... diving the beach with a few g-pull turns. Honestly... I just haven't flown in a while and haven't accustomed my "inner ears" to that sort of "abuse" haha! I need to fly more! Thanks for watching and supporting here! (And for the record I didn't get sick... I just felt "flushed" and didn't want to risk messing that AWESOME cabin up!) :-)

[@Austinmediainc]

​@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel dude I felt for you when I saw the bag come out.....then I felt more for you when the guy just kept jibber jabbing and you weren't saying a word.....I would have asked him to just be silent for a second while I got me bearings back! Lol I was wondering when you were gonna pop the door and the next clip it was open, I think he thought you were going to jump out before he shut down! Great video, sweet aircraft but just a little too fast on the way out and back in for my liking....

[@eddysanta1213]

GREAT..airplane.

[@hhampton]

If I had a PPL with IFR and the money the Velocity TXL with retractable gear would be my dream plane.

[@nivaldomarcal9801]

Gostei.muito desta máquina!.

[@pfd_mark_taylor]

Bryan and Ingrid are great!

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Huh?

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

What are you producing kind sir? :-O

[@pfd_mark_taylor]

@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel you interviewed Bryan. His wife Ingrid acts as a CFI for Velocity (among other stuff). They're really nice.

[@rileyswing9731]

Big facts

[@sudsf16]

Terrific video and always enjoy seeing what Velocity is doing. Looks like a great company and aircraft. I haven't been in one yet and wondering about one thing. Does it feel like there is as much rolling as there appears to be on video? I realize with a camera on the end of the wing it will be exaggerated but also appears to be in the cabin video shot too. It seems like the aircraft rolls a bit and wondering if it's very noticeable in person? Thanks for great content on your channel!

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

THANK YOU for chiming in here and for your support. To answer your question... I didn't notice/feel that so much in flight to be honest. I do think you may just being seeing the camera mount position and angle. I didn't have the camera quite level either so that didn't help.

[@Mrcaffinebean]

Pretty impressive aircraft, especially considering you can build it from a kit.

[@C_Franc2000]

es una belleza!!

[@wrayjordan7188]

Great video. Always been my favorite plane. Beautiful birds.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Thank You! Thanks for taking the time to watch!

[@devilliers123]

Dwayne, if only I was 30 years younger.... How about development of the door rebates being moulded into the fuselage top n bottom with rebated tabs overlapped at the mid joint..... You doing amazing work, what energy.....

[@shademe]

nice

[@theworshiptraveler6709]

Great video Bryan. The Velocity is a beautiful bird. Wonder what the cost of basic model is vs. the all out twin turbos

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

$$$ Cha Ching! :-) Thank You for taking the time to watch today!

[@digitalranger4259]

Nice tour. I didn't see pricing mentioned, and I"m curious as to what percentage of their sales are single versus twin engines.

[@Factory400]

These aircraft tick a lot of the most important boxes for me.......great bang for the buck!

[@eliasrodriguez4179]

Love this airplane,it must exist a stol version! Its perfect

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Haha! That would be nice right?! Thanks for stopping by today!

[@thisismagacountry1318]

As an aviation noob I've never understood why it doesn't have flaps to help reduce the landing distance needed.

[@justindyster7073]

Brian McCartney.....Prescott ERAU Grad!!!! Good dude.

[@rileyswing9731]

Top notch!

[@Shadowlogic420]

An airplane? Thing looks like a sports coupe inside.. pretty damn cool.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Very much a SPORT CAR look and feel to it for sure! Thanks for watching!

[@Shadowlogic420]

@@ExperimentalAircraftChannelwould love to get into aviation one of these days, but i was probably going to go for ultralight or paramotor, but still want to get training first, whether that be in a real aircraft or an ultralight. I'm kind of an enginerd, car guy, and have a thing for aviation. thanks for the reply it means a lot.

[@robertlafnear4865]

I bet the 6 dislikes are from the guy building the "Raptor" and his friends..... I on the other hand have LOVED canard aircraft since the day I watched Burt Rutan Demo one of his first aircraft at Edwards AFB back in the early 80's............... If i were a wee bit younger I'd be flying one of the with an LS3 in the back. Thanks for the Video.

[@cirrusflyerh2843]

Robert, the cost per tonne to low earth orbit would still be at 2010 levels if it wasn’t for SpaceX questioning the way things have always been done since the eighties. A bit of healthy competition can only advance the entire GA aviation sector.

[@MrWATCHthisWAY]

Great aircraft I just wish they were doing a layup when you were visiting their operation Bryan. Their shop machines a bullet proof and will work for another 80 years if maintained well... To bad we don’t produce machining equipment as rugged as those are and just add CNC control units, but extra metals cost extra monies$$ Bullet Proof.. Great company to design, build and fly a great aircraft design. Great one Bryan

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Thank You. Yes... this is much more of a "Low Production" facility and do more "as needed" or "batch runs" then stock. So there wasn't as much to showcase for the "MAKING" part of each component unfortunately. But... as you can clearly see, there is MUCH happening in the ASSEMBLY HANGAR! :-) Thanks for showing up!

[@MrWATCHthisWAY]

@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel their finished product speaks for itself. I never gave it much thought about the flight characteristics of the Canard design until I looked at the Raptor aircraft and the prop / ground distance. I have a new respect for pilots who fly these aircraft and the performance they obtain. I would love to see the turboprop aircraft fly and see if it would still be considered an experimental aircraft?

[@FloridaLightSport]

Nice job of bringing the airplane to the masses. Thank you 🙏

[@HappyTrails1]

What time of day was this flight? Thx

[@SGTMARSHALL1]

I have been interested in the Velocity Twin since 2010 and the short fuselage always keeps me on the lookout for other concepts. If it were 30ft my hesitation would be non existent, @ 25ft my concerns would still be on the radar but tolerable but with a 20ft I would be highly motivated to modify it until satisfied and that canard would be reshaped to suit the overall look similar to the SR-71 canard that didn't go into production. Great video and I am impressed with the process

[@StabyMcStabsFace]

Why the twin? I've heard that statement a lot, and really wonder the motivation. Planning for an engine failure?

[@SGTMARSHALL1]

@@StabyMcStabsFace if a car engine fails it is already on the ground and can still cause injury and damage, a plane is anywhere from 500ft to 25000ft and doing double or triple the speed on average. If you don't plan for a failure you will never expect the unexpected ! When I go to war if the rifle fails I have a pistol, if the pistol fails I have a bow and arrows, if the bow fails I have a field knife and if my knife fails I still have a plan-B

[@StabyMcStabsFace]

@@SGTMARSHALL1 Sounds like you need a better engine program. If the 540 or 550 is really that bad; I suppose a pair of 520s makes sense... still heavy and inefficient though. If a fear of piston problems or heights is first in your mind, I'd just go single turbine.

[@captarmour]

was that ground effect flight over the water? did it maintain height hands off in ground effect?

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

No no... not in ground effect at all actually. Too high for that. We were around 500. :-)

[@captarmour]

@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel understand

[@IsaacCPT]

What turbine engine do they use?

[@yxhankun]

like a Long Easy aircraft!

[@halllwd94]

If this gets certified I'll buy one.

[@rileyswing9731]

hmm would love to hear your reasoning behind this?? if its expiremental we can keep updating as new things come out or better ideas arise. certified world your'e stuck with what you get.

[@halllwd94]

@@rileyswing9731 Yeah, but the certified world has a few more requirements as well as FAA tracking for faulty equipment that needs to be repaired. I personally would rather have less new tech and the removal of the experimental label. It's not much peace of mind, but it's enough that it helps you worry less about the ability to stay in the sky.

[@rileyswing9731]

@@halllwd94 to each there own my guy! That’s the beauty of it huh’ 👍

[@halllwd94]

@@rileyswing9731 I couldn't agree more.

[@paliruquio2008alv]

What a beautiful plane I congratulate its creators and work team.

[@billbartlett1108]

What is fuel mixture do you have 2 different types of fuel aboard

[@StabyMcStabsFace]

Why would you do that?

[@tinolino58]

I met Scott 31 years ago ☀️🌴

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Been around a while for sure! Thanks for saying hello today! :)

[@99bx99]

At one point he demonstrated how much the rudder can lower a wing. I've done many, many barrel rolls using rudder alone with no help from the ailerons in my Long EZ. They take about twice as long as when using aileron and rudder which is about 4 seconds, a pretty leisurely roll rate. You start the "rudder roll" about 60 degrees nose up and finish 60 degrees nose down.

[@gary24752]

So when this thing stalls does it go tail down first and what happens if the engine dies?

[@rnordquest]

Tail never stalls, only the canard. If the engine quits it flies like any other plane until you land.

[@aviator267]

Please do a follow up on that twin turbine build. Looks like they are using a PBS turboprop engine 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@Robert-mn8gc]

A twin turbo prop would be Awesome. However l wonder if the airframe would be up 4 it . They r silky smooth power plants 🪴 Think Velocity would need a Vacuum Bagged Epoxy Carbon Layup . And the best guys 2 chat 2 about that would be the young bucks at DarkAero

[@tracynichols7206]

Could one those planes be made hybrid electric ?

[@bennietipton2820]

Awesome

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Thanks!

[@rnordquest]

Guys, who cares what the shop looks like. It's what they produce that matters. The end result looks pretty good to me.

[@jamesvelvet3612]

What is are the disadvantages of a Canard design vs traditional Van's type RV or similar?

[@Jacofan5]

It's much harder to stall, as the canard stalls before the wing, pushing the nose down. The downside is that without flaps on the canard you need a longer takeoff roll

[@anti-socialmedia8195]

So where is the best place to put the subwoofer? 😎

[@desertfox3860]

Well, it's pretty.

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

Hah! Is that all? :-) Too fast for yah? Thanks for saying hello!

[@desertfox3860]

@@ExperimentalAircraftChannel yes, it's a little bit fast for those mountain side and sand bar take offs and landings.! And, it would get it dirty! 😂

[@swoopsaveherproductions6460]

GoodWork Fellas SWOOP81

[@owntor1]

At what thrust angles are the engines mounted for single and twin?

[@rileyswing9731]

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[@owntor1]

@@rileyswing9731 thank you

[@larrywhiteley6374]

I've never had an opportunity to see or fly a Vilocity....

[@larrywhiteley6374]

Would love to... I have always wanted to experience the canard design and flying carrictoristics

[@ExperimentalAircraftChannel]

You should try it sometime. Velocity. Long EZ. Varieze. Thanks for stopping by today!

[@wadesaxton6079]

Redesign and blend the winglets to get rid of drag at the wing to winglet joint and I bet they gain 8-10knts. Look at the evolution of the Gulfstream winglets from the G3 to the G650, radius that joint and have less drag.

[@AClark-gs5gl]

Currently developing a stand alone EDFJ and a EDFJ/DIESEL HYBRID. The Rutan Long E-Z or the Cozy/side by side seating/based on the Rutan Verieze/Long E-Z design, possibly one of Revelaero's designs, as well as a Velocity 4-place, will be used as test bed aircraft. Tested will be a single and twin power-plant configuration (all electric twin and diesel/Jet-A hybrid on the Velocity aircraft). Twin configurations will be mounted much like the Honda Jet's power-plants. Goal: to fly faster, farther in a more quiet and comfortable manner than any other electric airplane using current battery technology. If you would like, we will keep you posted as to our progress and invite you to video document our results. Would be honored to have you. Please, keep up the great videos!

[@adamhenry102]

So I guess a ride in the twin is obviously out of the question!

[@1marktanderson]

No wonder you almost got sick. This thing rocks back and forth like a train car on bad track!