Black Square Velocity XL for MSFS | Review Flight with Commercial Flying Instructor | GOTTA GO FAST
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- čas přidán 10. 09. 2024
- SPEEEEEEEEEED and POWEEEEEEEEEER are the words of the day as Kitty takes on the first aircraft release from new developer Black Square. Many thanks to Just Flight for providing a review copy!
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
Interesting to see you explore the flight model. I think it's hard work to trim as you climb and accelerate to cruise, but maybe that's accurate with that big canard in front of the CoG/CoL. Anyway the quirkiness means it's already my favorite GA plane in MSFS. If Black Square ever makes the twin version I'll be straight in there.
Yep, they’ve definitely put some work in on the flight dynamics so I thought it was worth trying to show that! It’s a very fun plane to fly for sure.
This paint scheme will not work in real life. The hull is made from fiberglass (not carbon fiber) and will not stand the heat generated by a dark paint on the top of the plane. Most of them are painted white. The standard engine is 310hp TSIO 550 C or A engine (the Cirrus SR22T has a TSIO 550 K engine, 315hp but is low compression not suitable for the Velocity). The schimitar prop is a four blade from MT.
Nothing quirky about the Velocity XL. It is a 250ktas, 4 seat cross country cruiser with state of the art avionics (2x Garmin G3x touch with the GTN750 nav panel in the middle). Its gross weight is 3300 lbs (the SR22T gross weight is 3600lbs). The carbon fiber interior touches are more for looks, not structural. The cunard prevents the main wing from stalling, which is the point of the design. The cunard will stall first and the nose drops thus reducing the angle on the main wing.
There are NO FLAPS on this plane, so landing is a bit faster and takes a little more runway, about 1500 feet. And 80kts over the numbers. The gear extension emergency handle is to release hydraulics in case of retractable gear failure. The gear can always just be dropped and locked manually.
In real life (cold start) you push mixture full, hit boost pump for 20 seconds, boost pump off, set throttle to 1/4 open. Then crank engine, idle at 1000 rpm and pull mixture back to taxi (never have full rich taxiing or you will foul the plugs). The CG for the plane is in the middle of the front seats but in front of the main gear. The weight of the avionics stacks and batteries are in the nose and offset the engine in back. Always taxi about walking speed. Never takeoff or land with the Autopilot engaged. Also, should set the GTN 750 to show your flight plan, not safe taxi. Dont know about your simulator, but in real life you ALWAYS do a full rich climb in the TSIO 550 fuel injected turbos.
Thanks for taking the time to type all that out! Do you fly one of these irl?
@@FlyFromHome First let. me thank you for your video. I sent it to the Velocity factory trainer to ask her opinion. I owned a Cirrus SR22T for six years and sold it last year. I ordered and am having the factory build a Velocity XL5. It will not be ready until next January (the factory has a four year wait for these things now). I have a good friend on my home field (a retired USAF Lt Col bomber pilot) who built an XL from a kit. So I have been able to fly one. They are an incredible plane in real life. They are also very robust, with a +9,-7 structural rating (acrobatic plus). And very very fast given the smooth fiberglass surfaces, low drag wing design (swept), lack of a tail and retractable gear.
the sim world is much cooler
@@danielguerrero1176 The sim world is not real. You cannot experience actual flight that way. No tactal feedback, no sounds, no smell, no feel. It is good for practicing situational awareness which is a mind exercise, but can never replace the experience of actual flight.
@@speedomars That's amazing! I'm sure she could find about a billion things that I did wrong 😅
9:29 The process of whether the mixture stays full rich or full lean while starting depends on the fuel system of the airplane. Most planes with carbs I've noticed typically won't work with starting at full lean. Not quite sure about the Velocity with this engine specifically.
Normally fuel injected aircraft (or at least the ones I’ve flown) are started with the mixture at idle cut. I know a lot of Continental engines such as the ones in big twin Cessnas are started full rich though and I’ve never gotten to the bottom of why 🤔
Great Airplane...on my wish list...❤
Inside swept wing in a sideslip being aerodynamically less swept than the outside might go some way to explaining the spiral stability ( I have forgotten a lot of canard behaviour so I'm not even going to try and speculate there, I remember there being some fun quirks ). At least it doesn't just sit at a fixed bank like it's FBW...
Did you stall it with some bank on at any point?
I haven’t actually. I suspect it will just dump the nose before the wing gets close to stalling but I’ll try it and report back here 😂
Experimental doesn't mean it was designed and manufactured by inexperienced folks.
Majority were built by aviation designers with degrees in aviation Engineering.
Some engineers even oversee the manufacturing of parts.
Typically you can buy the parts then hire a mechanic that does have experience in building these or yes, one can visit plant to learn process of building kit.
It's not like something my neighbor designed that has no experience in designing planes or has a degree in doing so.
The experimental is simply the company didn't spend millions getting a certificate.
Plus these planes once built need to be airworthiness and signed off on before a person simply tosses screwdriver away and jumps in to fly.
Many months of tests need ti be performed and signed off on and pass to be airworthiness in US. Etc
Oh I’d never presume that it was designed by inexperienced guys, just that I’d never fly on something that I put together myself 😅
Any way to get the engine ribben on the left screen?
The engine instruments? I think the only way to do that would be to select the display backup function 🤔
Nice plane, I like the textures inside and out, but $2500 US. is a little more than I would give for it, if they knock off $5.00 they've got a deal.
We'd agree that $2500 is a bit steep. :) $25.00 a good and fair price in our opinion though. You may need to wait for it appear in a sale to get it at your desired price Wayne. Thanks for the interest.
first time i could see...and for my favoride velocyty plaine...a cf instructor video, witch is great, but, you talk tooo fast, move to instruments tooo fast, hard to follow and to learn
Beautiful plane, ugly paint.
Not a fan of brown? 😂