What should Vans do next?

[cbrown747]

A stretched rv-9a....I emailed vans on this idea and they replied with a nice "sounds like a good idea", but they may say this to all who ask.

I would like a stretched rv-9a to handle slightly more baggage area.

[N941WR]

Originally Posted by ConneryIsTheBestBond

... I keep looking at the Bearhawk, but it just doesn't have the builder group that the RV's have and I just don't know enough about them to possibly pull the trigger on one.

I like the idea of an all metal 4 place tailored to a 360. I'll sacrifice some performance for the ability to be an all around aircraft.

Start a letter writing campaign I guess...

Same here! I keep wondering how the -9's wing and tail would work on a high wing four seat bush plane. Add a strut to each wing to give it the extra strength required for four seater and it might all work out with existing parts.

Heck, even if it will only go 175 MPH cruise, that is still smoking right along.

[Bill Phillips]

a RV-8 with a radial engine up front. Something around 300 hp and that great round motor sound. What a treat that would be!

[jsherblon]

How about a jet powered, amphibious, aerobatic, six-seat motorglider with tundra tires?

"An airplane is a series of compromises flying in formation." - unknown

[KayS]

what about if vans stops to dispense all the small hardware parts over hundreds of tiny plastic and paper bags. i see a reason to do this for stuff like the map box etc. but not for the kits itself. i was wondering how much labour cost they have to invest to fill all those bags with all the small different items (and what are these zillion rivets doing there?) and at least for me it was more confusing. so i would suggest to provide all the small parts (to buy separatley) in one "bits and pieces kit".

and... i love the rv-11 concept and would order it to be the first. for the people who have only derogative comments on the 11: just keep quiet, because you have no idea what gliding means and will probably never get it.

and at last: vans could supply people with a slider frame that fits from the beginning.

[N941WR]

Originally Posted by Bill Phillips

a RV-8 with a radial engine up front. Something around 300 hp and that great round motor sound. What a treat that would be!

I've always wondered how a fast-back -8 with the 150 hp 3600 Rotec radial would look.

With paint it might be close to a P-47.

Keep it light and you might have acceptable performance to boot. If nothing else, it would sound outstanding!

[drycreek]

Originally Posted by N941WR

Same here! I keep wondering how the -9's wing and tail would work on a high wing four seat bush plane. Add a strut to each wing to give it the extra strength required for four seater and it might all work out with existing parts.

Heck, even if it will only go 175 MPH cruise, that is still smoking right along.

I think if you put a RV-9 type wing(only larger) on a cub-like fuselage you would have a really good performer. Stall at 30 and cruise at 150?

[dicel87]

Originally Posted by N941WR

I've always wondered how a fast-back -8 with the 150 hp 3600 Rotec radial would look.

I was on the Rotec site not long ago and wondered the same thing...except on the RV9 airframe.

[N941WR]

Originally Posted by dicel87

I was on the Rotec site not long ago and wondered the same thing...except on the RV9 airframe.

That would look a bit like a Spartan Exec.


I've dreamed about that too. Also, the -9 will do very well with 150 hp, as any -9 driver will tell you.

[dicel87]

Awesome plane!

Here is my poor little power point rendition of the stretched RV-9A (in comparison to his little and big brothers).



I know there are some photo-shop type gurus on VAF so how about taking this to the next level.

Can anyone take a real picture and doctor it up to give us (and maybe Vans) a look at what a real life stretched 9 might look like?