{"id":60,"date":"2009-12-12T17:49:08","date_gmt":"2009-12-12T16:49:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=60"},"modified":"2010-11-19T10:07:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-19T09:07:02","slug":"rv-7a-the-aircraft","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/rv-7a-the-aircraft\/","title":{"rendered":"RV-7A HB-YMT"},"content":{"rendered":"

The RV-7A is a 2 seat experimental aircraft, built from a kit sold by Van’s Aircraft<\/a> of Aurora, OR.<\/p>\n

It is an extremely good “allround” high performance aircraft, featuring decent payload, high cruise speeds and is even capable of doing\u00a0aerobatics. However we opted not to include any provisions for negative g maneuvers (Inverted oil system \/ Inverted fuel pickup) mainly for weight and complexity reasons. The project took 5.5 years to complete, starting in January 2005.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_0_placeholder\n

One advantage of experimentals is, that pretty much anything can be built into a panel \/ doesn’t need to be certified. Which means the experimental market offers much more capable instrumentation at a lower price compared to certified aircraft. Simply because of less required paperwork. Our panel features 2 Efis Screens, a pc-based moving map system and an integrated electrical system. Flight director functions are available, driving a 2 axis autopilot.<\/p>\nngg_shortcode_1_placeholder\n

Performance (mix between Van’s \/ our own data, still being developed\/improved):<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Speed – Gross Weight, 180hp<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Top Speed<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n173\u00a0KTAS<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cruise [75% @ 8000 ft]<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n168\u00a0KTAS<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cruise [55% @ 8000 ft]<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n150\u00a0KTAS<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Stall Speed (full flaps)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n50\u00a0KIAS<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Ground Performance – Gross Weight 180hp<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Takeoff Distance (ground run)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nca 260 m<\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Landing Distance (ground run)<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\nca 400 m<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n
Climb\/Ceiling – Gross Weight 180hp<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rate of Climb<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/td>\n1,500 fpm<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Ceiling<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n19,500 ft<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Range<\/span><\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Range [75% @ 8000 ft]<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n664\u00a0NM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Range [55% @ 8000 ft]<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n816\u00a0NM<\/span><\/td>\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The RV-7A is a 2 seat experimental aircraft, built from a kit sold by Van’s Aircraft of Aurora, OR. It is an extremely good “allround” high performance aircraft, featuring decent payload, high cruise speeds and is even capable of doing\u00a0aerobatics. However we opted not to include any provisions for negative g maneuvers (Inverted oil system […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-60","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212,"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/60\/revisions\/212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.flyvans.com\/wordpress\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}