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The Van's RV-9 and RV-9A are American two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplanes sold in kit form by Van's Aircraft of Aurora, Oregon. The RV-9 is the tail-wheel equipped version while the RV-9A features a nose-wheel. [4] [5] [6] The RV-9 was built around a newly designed high aspect ratio wing, featuring a Roncz airfoil.
The Van's RV-7 and RV-7A are two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplanes sold in kit form by Van's Aircraft. The RV-7 is the tail-wheel equipped version, while the RV-7A features a nose-wheel. [4] The RV-7 was the replacement of the RV-6, replacing the RV-6 in 2001. [5]
Van's Aircraft, Inc. is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded by Richard VanGrunsven in 1973. The Van's RV series aircraft are all- aluminum , low-wing monoplanes of monocoque construction. In 2023, over 11,000 Van's aircraft were flying worldwide, one third of the USA's experimental aircraft fleet.
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 November 2022, 207 RV-14s have been completed and flown. [2]
The Van's RV-12 is an American two-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplane eligible for the U.S. E-LSA category, sold in kit form and as a complete ready-to-fly aircraft by Van's Aircraft of Aurora, Oregon. [4] [5] The first RV-12, built by Richard VanGrunsven, at Oshkosh 2008. The RV-12 had its first flight on November 9, 2006. [3]
The Van's Aircraft RV-10 is a four-seat, single-engine, low-wing homebuilt airplane sold in kit form by Van's Aircraft. It is the first four-seat airplane in the popular RV series. [ 3 ] The RV-10 first flew on 29 May 2003, and the first kit parts were delivered to a customer in September 2003.
RV-3 Van's Aircraft RV-3, showing the design's low frontal area. The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft. [2] Unlike many other aircraft in the RV line, the RV-3 is only available as a tail-wheel equipped aircraft, although it is possible that some may have been completed by builders as nose-wheel versions.
Van's Aircraft RV-4 at Kemble Airfield, England. Van's Aircraft RV-4 Harmon Rocket II. Richard VanGrunsven designed the RV-4 in the mid 1970s as a two-seat development of the single-seat RV-3. The RV-4 prototype first flew in August 1979. The RV-4 is a new design based upon the concepts proven in the RV-3 and is not merely a stretched RV-3.