Van's Aircraft RV-14

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]

RV-14
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

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]

In July 2020 Van's introduced a new version of the Lycoming IO-390, designated as the IO-390-EXP119 and optimized for the RV-14. The engine has new exhaust and induction systems and puts out 215 hp (160 kW). It has a revised oil sump, aluminum induction pipes, oil pump and accessory case that saves 10 lb (5 kg) of weight. With this powerplant the RV-14 is 11 mph (18 km/h) faster in cruise speed and climbs 250 ft/min (1.27 m/s) faster.[5]

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.[6]
RV-14A
Two-seat tricycle landing gear variant.[6]

Specifications (RV-14A)
RV-14 Instrument Panel

Data from AVweb, KitPlanes and manufacturer[3][4][7]

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

  • Maximum speed: 203 mph (327 km/h, 176 kn)
  • Cruise speed: 193 mph (311 km/h, 168 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
  1. Vans Aircraft (April 2019). "Van's Introduces Two-Seat RV-14". Retrieved 13 April 2019.
  2. Vans Aircraft (October 2019). "First Flights". Retrieved 18 October 2019.
  3. Grady, Mary (24 July 2012). "Van's Introduces RV-14, Up-sized Two-Place". Retrieved 25 July 2012.
  4. 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
  5. Cook, Marc (28 July 2020). "Van's Aircraft Updates RV-14 Engine Options". AVweb. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
  6. Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A General Information". vansaircraft.com. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  7. 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.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.