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https://www.nbc15.com/2021/02/16/reports-of-a-small-plane-crash-in-janesville/
Velocity V-twin is the preliminary report. RIP
Velocity V-twin is the preliminary report. RIP
This was serial number 20. I personally know of about 6 that are flying. So I'll make a wag at maybe 10.How many of those things are flying? Can't be that many.
Anyone have an idea whether something like this, regarding insurance:
- will affect other V-twins?
- will affect other Velocities?
or is E-AB its own strange game since every model is by a different manufacturer? I'd hate for the V-twin insurance market to get smothered in the cradle due to this incident. Like @Tantalum, this is on my "if I was gonna do E-AB..." short list
They landed at Janesville and took off not long after. I’m wondering if it was a fuel issue.I think that will depend upon what the cause of the accident is found to be.
I too am watching this one closely. One onboard was a friend.
I do know that the airplane had landing gear issues a few days before and some amount of circling the airport was done before they got the gear down. Related or not, no idea. Clearly the mains are down in the photos of the accident site.
That's what was listed on the Velocity Owners site. Did a little more poking around and found 12 with airworthiness certs but one of them shows no flight history. So it was 11 flying and now it's 10.Don .. I was thinking 9 or 10 flying. There were 6 when we started ours with Ron’s being the last. It seems like 3 at the factory flew after that. And ours.
https://www.cressfuneralservice.com...9k_ImCXUd4LdN8qNIXCg4wjENNql-rkn58DcIJV98pC9cTurns out it was a prominent Wisconsin flight instructor and Staff Sgt. in the WI Air National Guard. I didn't know her personally, but several in the community hold her as a very highly regarded pilot.
I was thinking more like Twin V-Tail Bonanza, not that there is one.Am I the only one, that, upon seeing "V-Twin" thought Harley?
Looks like it.Am I the only one, that, upon seeing "V-Twin" thought Harley?
Wow... that’s sad
Sad to hear that. I’m anxious to see what happened.She was a class act with a bright future, her fiancé too. It's a punch in the gut. Another immediate family member died 5 days earlier. I feel for the family....
Other pilot was a 25 year old FO flying CRJ200s for Air Wisconsin. I believe he had recently been accepted into Iowa's ANG to fly the A-10 as well.
Just a senseless loss.
She was a class act with a bright future, her fiancé too. It's a punch in the gut. Another immediate family member died 5 days earlier. I feel for the family....
Other pilot was a 25 year old FO flying CRJ200s for Air Wisconsin. I believe he had recently been accepted into Iowa's ANG to fly the A-10 as well.
Just a senseless loss.
Each airplane is different. The V-twin has the same wings and canard as the XL. On my plane best glide was as slow as I could get before the canard stalled (mid 60's). So I called it at 70. But the difference in glide ratio between 70 and 90 was minor so I used 90kts to get a little cushion.
But like I said, each plane is different. I know one V-twin with a canard stall speed over 80. Builder isn't sure why though. No idea what they determined best glide speed on that plane is.
Turns out it was a prominent Wisconsin flight instructor and Staff Sgt. in the WI Air National Guard. I didn't know her personally, but several in the community hold her as a very highly regarded pilot.
All Velocity's have a sump tank (what some call a header tank). 5 gallons is optimistic though. Probably closer to 4 gallons. But definitely enough to hide a misfueling until you're airborne.The V-twin is equipped with a 5 gallon header tank per a Kitplanes article dated 2013.
Sheer speculation on my part but if there was a misfuel incident, the header tank could have masked the problem long enough for them to fire up, runup, and get airborne.
All Velocity's have a sump tank (what some call a header tank). 5 gallons is optimistic though. Probably closer to 4 gallons. But definitely enough to hide a misfueling until you're airborne.