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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 Type of aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Van's Aircraft
Designer	Richard VanGrunsven
Introduction	July 2012[1]
Status	Kits in production
Number built	207 (November 2022)[2]
Developed from	Van's Aircraft RV-10

As of November 2022, 207 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 electronic flight instrument systems (EFIS), 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)

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

General characteristics

• Crew: one
• Capacity: one passenger
• Length: 21 ft 1 in (6.43 m)
• Wingspan: 27 ft 0 in (8.23 m)
• Height: 8 ft 2 in (2.49 m)
• Wing area: 126.1 sq ft (11.72 m²)
• 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)
• Propellers: 2-bladed Hartzel C2YR-1BFP/F7497-2 or C2YR-1BFP/F7497

Performance

• Maximum speed: 207 mph (333 km/h, 180 kn)
• Cruise speed: 190 mph (310 km/h, 170 kn)
• Stall speed: 54 mph (87 km/h, 47 kn)
• Range: 938 mi (1,510 km, 815 nmi)
• Service ceiling: 18,000 ft (5,500 m)
• g limits: +6/-3g at the aerobatic gross weight of 1,900 lb (862 kg)
• Wing loading: 16.26 lb/sq ft (79.4 kg/m²)

References

External links

• Official website
• Video review by Mary Grady, AVweb
• Review by Marc Cook, AVweb
• AVweb Flight Review: Van’s RV-14A

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