Van's Aircraft RV-14
| RV-14 | |
|---|---|
 | |
| RV-14A Prototype | |
| Role | Kit aircraft |
| National origin | United States |
| Manufacturer | Van's Aircraft |
| Designer | Richard VanGrunsven |
| Introduction | July 2012 |
| Status | Kits in production |
| Number built | 2 (October 2015)[1] |
| Developed from | Van's Aircraft RV-10 |
The Van's Aircraft RV-14 is an American aerobatic kit aircraft designed by Richard VanGrunsven and produced by Van's Aircraft. It was introduced at AirVenture in July 2012. The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[2][3]
Design and development
Derived from the four-seat RV-10, RV-14 design work was commenced several years before its 2012 debut. It is an aerobatic two-seater designed to accommodate large pilots and offer greater baggage space, to comply with the US experimental amateur-built aircraft rules. The design goals included improved visibility, a wider cabin, a low landing speed achieved by larger and more effective flaps, good rate-of-climb and glide ratio, landing gear that meets FAR Part 23 certification standards and an airframe designed to accommodate the Lycoming IO-390 powerplant. It features a cantilever low-wing, a two-seats-in-side-by-side configuration enclosed cockpit under a bubble canopy, fixed tricycle landing gear and a single engine in tractor configuration.[2][3]
The RV-14 is built from aluminum sheet. The prototype was fitted with a 210 hp (157 kW) Lycoming IO-390 four-stroke powerplant. The kit is intended to be easier to assemble than earlier Van's designs through the use of pre-punched and pre-formed fuselage longerons, pre-installed wiring, plug-in avionics, a pre-trimmed and ready-to-install bubble canopy, pre-welded canopy frame, pre-fitted engine baffles as well as matched pre-punched holes. The RV-14 offers several instrument panel choices, including one designed to take modern EFIS systems, like the Dynon SkyView, without any additional cutting, as well as a blank panel that can be customized by the builder.[2][3]
The manufacturer offers aircraft type transition training and has built an RV-14 for this purpose.[3]
Variants
- RV-14
- Two-seat conventional landing gear variant with tailwheel.[4]
- RV-14A
- Two-seat tricycle landing gear variant.[4]
Specifications (RV-14)
Data from AVweb and KitPlanes[2][3]
General characteristics
- Crew: one
- Capacity: one passenger
- Empty weight: 1,240 lb (562 kg)
- Gross weight: 2,050 lb (930 kg)
- Fuel capacity: 50 U.S. gallons (190 L; 42 imp gal)
- Powerplant: 1 × Lycoming IO-390 four cylinder, air-cooled, four stroke aircraft engine, 210 hp (160 kW)
Performance
- Cruise speed: 203 mph (176 kn; 327 km/h)
- Stall speed: 53 mph (46 kn; 85 km/h)
- Range: 938 mi (815 nmi; 1,510 km)
References
- ↑ Vans Aircraft (13 November 2013). "First Flights". Retrieved 14 November 2013.
- 1 2 3 4 Grady, Mary (24 July 2012). "Van's Introduces RV-14, Up-sized Two-Place". Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Bernard, Mary and Suzanne B. Bopp: Van's Aircraft: RV-14, Kitplanes, Volume 29, Number 12, December 2012, page 19-21. Belvoir Publications. ISSN 0891-1851
- 1 2 Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A General Information". vansaircraft.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
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