Van's_Aircraft_RV-14 Knowpia

RV-14
	RV-14A Prototype
Role	Kit aircraft
National origin	United States
Manufacturer	Van's Aircraft
Designer	Richard VanGrunsven
Introduction	July 2012
Status	Kits in production
Number built	207 (November 2022)
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 November 2022, 207 RV-14s have been completed and flown.^[2]

Design and development edit

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 edit

RV-14: Two-seat conventional landing gear variant with tailwheel.^[6]
RV-14A: Two-seat tricycle landing gear variant.^[6]

Specifications (RV-14A) edit

RV-14 Instrument Panel

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 edit

^ ^a ^b Vans Aircraft (April 2019). "Van's Introduces Two-Seat RV-14". Retrieved April 13, 2019.
^ ^a ^b Vans Aircraft (November 2022). "First Flights". Retrieved June 27, 2022.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Grady, Mary (July 24, 2012). "Van's Introduces RV-14, Up-sized Two-Place". Retrieved July 25, 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
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Van's Aircraft. "RV-14/14A General Information". vansaircraft.com. Retrieved March 25, 2016.
^ 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.