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Old 02-18-2012, 12:14 PM
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Default LSA vs RV3

Vortex generators and wing tips may get your stall speed. A search may find discussion on this prior.

I have read about a RV9 being done as a LSA single seat.
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Old 02-18-2012, 01:41 PM
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I doubt if Vans would be interested, but if you build it EAB and make your own stall speed happen, as well as the rest of the parameters, you got yourself an LSA!.
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Old 02-18-2012, 02:50 PM
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Someone may have already done a RV3 as LSA. Surely someone has looked into it. For lower stall, VG's. For limiting cruise speed, that new seninich ground adjustable prop may work if it was depitched, as for climb?
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Old 02-18-2012, 03:20 PM
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Years ago I was in a Grumman Lynx fitted with a cruise prop departing a high density altitude airport when the thought occurred to me that I'd just killed myself (and my girlfriend) in the plane! Ah, good times! I learned a valuable lesson about about checking performance charts that day!
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Old 02-18-2012, 05:24 PM
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Cubcrafters puts and artificial rpm limitation on their 180 HP LSA Cub to keep the speed within LSA limitations and the FAA buys off on it. Could something like that work for the RV-3?
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Old 02-18-2012, 05:31 PM
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Cubcrafters puts and artificial rpm limitation on their 180 HP LSA Cub to keep the speed within LSA limitations and the FAA buys off on it. Could something like that work for the RV-3?
CubCrafters doesn't place this limitation. Their engine manufacturer does.

You CAN do this IF you are listed as the engine manufacturer.

What would happen in court? Your guess!
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Old 02-18-2012, 07:16 PM
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And, in this case, I think Cub Crafters manufactures the engine? Or do they have someone else do it to their specs? Not that it makes any difference in relation to an RV-3 application. Just curious.
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It's irrigation pipe, not a well casing spar.
The real advantage of Grummans is the honeycomb fuselage box.
I have seen that part go thru a thick stand of spruce and survive intact saving the occupants. In Canada they are eligible for OM category which makes them a real good deal.
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OOPs! Tha's right its a Bede. Northrop birthed the jerky series (PA28). How could I forget that with a piece of well casing for a spar?
Northrop? Are you thinking of John Thorp, of T-18 fame?
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Old 02-28-2014, 05:47 PM
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I really like the RV-12 concept. At the local airport yesterday, I found myself looking at a Grumman / American AA1A 2 seat Trainer / Lynx and couldn’t help but compare the two aircraft.
JD,
A better RV comparison for the AA-1A IMHO is the original design RV9A. When Van unveiled the RV9 prototype, it sported an 0-235 and weighed less than 900lbs. It was designed around the 0-235 to help builders save costs on engines, plus the 0-235 has a 2400 hour TBO. Very few 9's have the little 4-banger out front including Van's current prototype. Sadly, the original 0-235 9A prototype crashed en-route to SNF many years ago.

Compare an 0-235 powered 9A with an AA-1A and you will see Van's engineering prowess personified...of course the wallet comparison as you mentioned is swayed the other direction

From Van's website: The RV-9/9A’s efficient airframe does not need a lot of power to perform well. Low overall drag means a smaller engine can pull it along at relatively high top speeds, or, more practically, at useful cruise speeds using little fuel. We demonstrated this when we chose a 118 HP Lycoming (taken from a Cessna 152) to power our prototype. The result was an efficient airplane with respectable short field capability, excellent cruise speed (165 mph on 118 hp!), and good fuel economy.

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