Airplanes you don't see that often: Cirrus VK30

[AggieMike88]

Found a Cirrus VK-30 on a aircraft sale site: link to site.

More info on the airplane: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirrus_VK-30

 

[pmanton]

Boy that's an ugly one

 

[Let'sgoflying!]

gee won't the prop tangle the chute ropes?

 

[Velocity173]

Turbine one was for sale a few years ago.

 

[jkgoblue]

Saw this one at Oshkosh last year. Talked to the builder for a while. Pretty neat inside, though maybe a bit rough. I think he had it for sale also.

 

[Tampico Trauma]

That's what happens when you try to merge a Velocity, a commander, a gulfstream, and a Malibu all in one plastic package.


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[N659HB]

That's what happens when you try to merge a Velocity, a commander, a gulfstream, and a Malibu all in one plastic package.


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You left out the BD-5.

 

[Velocity173]

You left out the BD-5.

And the Prescott Pusher.

 

[N659HB]

And the Prescott Pusher.

Man, that was a cool plane. I had forgotten all about it.

 

[weilke]

Hogg, get away from that thing!

 

[skier]

Saw one of those at Oshkosh a number of years ago. Cool planes.

 

[Art VanDelay]

There's one parked on permanent static display at SNF.

 

[paflyer]

Hogg, get away from that thing!

For the newbies that don't get the reference:

 

[kayoh190]

Kind of amazing to me that those inlets can provide enough cooling to that big bore Continental. Always thought it was cool looking, though.

 

[unsafervguy]

Kind of amazing to me that those inlets can provide enough cooling to that big bore Continental. Always thought it was cool looking, though.

they couldnt, that was part of the problem.

 

[Timbeck2]

Boy that's an ugly one

Not nearly as ugly as the Cirrus Jet.

 

[Getonit]

they couldnt, that was part of the problem.

The cowl inlet on my mooney with io-550 doesn't look much bigger than those. Not saying it didn't have Cooling issues, just an observational point.

 

[Tantalum]

Always thought it was a pretty cool looking plane, like seeing unconventional designs out there. There's a good YouTube video out there with a VK30

Neat that this came from the same folks who eventually gave us the SR20 and 22