Van's Aircraft RV-14
RV-14 | |
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RV-14A Prototype | |
Role | Kit aircraft |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Van's Aircraft |
Designer | Richard VanGrunsven |
Introduction | July 2012[1] |
Status | Kits in production |
Number built | 113 (October 2019)[2] |
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.[1] The aircraft is supplied as a kit for amateur construction.[3][4]
As of October 2019, 113 RV-14s have been completed and flown.[2]
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.[3][4]
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.[3][4]
The manufacturer offers aircraft type transition training and has built an RV-14 for this purpose.[4]
Variants
- RV-14
- Two-seat conventional landing gear variant with tailwheel.[5]
- RV-14A
- Two-seat tricycle landing gear variant.[5]
Specifications (RV-14)
Data from AVweb, KitPlanes and manufacturer[3][4][6]
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 (327 km/h, 176 kn)
- Stall speed: 53 mph (85 km/h, 46 kn)
- Range: 938 mi (1,510 km, 815 nmi)
- g limits: +6/-3g at the aerobatic gross weight of 1,900 lb (862 kg)
References
- ^ a b Vans Aircraft (April 2019). "Van's Introduces Two-Seat RV-14". Retrieved 13 April 2019.
- ^ a b Vans Aircraft (October 2019). "First Flights". Retrieved 18 October 2019.
- ^ a b c d Grady, Mary (24 July 2012). "Van's Introduces RV-14, Up-sized Two-Place". Retrieved 25 July 2012.
- ^ a b c d e 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
- ^ a b Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A General Information". vansaircraft.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
- ^ Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A Big. Roomy. 100% RV". www.vansaircraft.com. Archived from the original on 13 April 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019.