Strange as it seems, I'm not hugely interested in having an aerobatic a/c. I just think that the Vans have gone as far as they can in terms of all-metal a/c and the Glasair represents the future - although there's little doubt Vans will go composite too. According to
this article, the Glasair suffers because the aerofoil it uses is too draggy at high speed.
That said, the Questair Venture is beyond fast (250kts at sea level) and aluminium to boot. I read somewhere (I think it was Flyer, the one that had the TwinStar Flight test) that a Velocity was built in the US, certified and ferried to the UK and it's a homebuilt.
Come to think of it, the TwinStar's performance is only average when you compare it with the new homebuilds... makes me wonder.
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