Van's Aircraft RV-14

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RV-14
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RV-14A Prototype
Role Kit aircraft
National origin United States
Manufacturer Van's Aircraft
Designer Richard VanGrunsven
IntroductionJuly 2012 [1]
StatusKits in production
Number built207 (November 2022) [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]

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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)

RV-14 Instrument Panel VansRV-14panel.jpg
RV-14 Instrument Panel

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

General characteristics

Performance

References

  1. 1 2 Vans Aircraft (April 2019). "Van's Introduces Two-Seat RV-14" . Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  2. 1 2 Vans Aircraft (November 2022). "First Flights" . Retrieved June 27, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Grady, Mary (July 24, 2012). "Van's Introduces RV-14, Up-sized Two-Place". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved July 25, 2012.
  4. 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
  5. ↑ Cook, Marc (July 28, 2020). "Van's Aircraft Updates RV-14 Engine Options". AVweb. Archived from the original on February 11, 2022. Retrieved July 29, 2020.
  6. 1 2 Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A General Information". vansaircraft.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
  7. ↑ Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A Big. Roomy. 100% RV". www.vansaircraft.com. Archived from the original on April 13, 2019. Retrieved May 20, 2019.
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