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Old 01-07-2015, 02:29 PM
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has anyone flown RV3 and -12 both can put some flying characteristics similarity if any ?? ( sorry slight off topic )

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Great feedback everyone, thank you, just what I was looking for, and I didn't get flamed, what a great group.
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Bill,

The Porsche 914 was a VW in a Zoot Suit!

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Bill,

The Porsche 914 was a VW in a Zoot Suit!

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Rich
The 914/6 was a hoot (not a zoot)..to drive. Much like a -12!!
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has anyone flown RV3 and -12 both can put some flying characteristics similarity if any ?? ( sorry slight off topic )

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Yes - I have plenty of time in both. Two very nice airplanes for their missions - and two totally different missions. Neither of them have any bad habits that I could find.
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You know, you could put a 914 emblem on an RV12 - people might think it was a turbo ROTAX but it would be about the character...
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The 914 was also called the Sun Porsche. Kinda like the C-150 with skylights.

The 914 was sold in Europe as a Volkswagen (the two seater 411), but the 2.0 engine was only available in the US and Canada. Bigger engine was more peppy! Think C-152

As a mid-engine, the 914 was also very stable, easy to handle and a pretty safe entry to the fast sports car world. Say, that DOES sound like a Cessna 150!

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Flying a 150 as prep for an RV12 is like driving a 70s Ford Pinto as prep for a 70s Porsche 914. Similar horsepower but...

(The 914 was highly underrated. It did not have the power of the 911's of the day but it was light, sprightly, with good acceleration and great handling. would easily best a 911 in autocross. Designed to be a less expensive, fully capable entry-level sports car. (Analogy: Miata) It was "looked down on" by the Porsche cognoscenti for its different engine. I've owned 2 of them and an '84 911 Cabrio. In many (not all) ways I think the RV12 is the 914 of RVs.)
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Yes - I have plenty of time in both. Two very nice airplanes for their missions - and two totally different missions. Neither of them have any bad habits that I could find.
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The 914 was also called the Sun Porsche. Kinda like the C-150 with skylights.

The 914 was sold in Europe as a Volkswagen (the two seater 411), but the 2.0 engine was only available in the US and Canada. Bigger engine was more peppy! Think C-152

As a mid-engine, the 914 was also very stable, easy to handle and a pretty safe entry to the fast sports car world. Say, that DOES sound like a Cessna 150!

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I was spinning wrenches for VW back in the 70's and when we went to VW schools, the training films were always started by a quick clip of all the current VW models driving by the camera on a test track. I remember the VW914 was included in the line up. We were told that the US was the only country that the 914 was sold by Porsche. Anyone ever drive a 914/6? Now that was a jack rabbit! Anyone remember the 912 E?
So this is what they mean by thread drift?
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The 914 was sold in Europe as a Volkswagen (the two seater 411), but the 2.0 engine was only available in the US and Canada. Bigger engine was more peppy! Think C-152
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Not wishing to drift the thread to far away from the topic but the VW 411 was actually completely different car - a 'sedan' in fact.

The Porsche 914 was marketed in Europe as the, er, Porsche 914 (or VW-Porsche 914)

There was the VW Karmann Ghia but that was Beetle based and before the 914 era.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Type_4

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_914

With a fair few hours in both, I think there is not much in common between the C150 and RV-12. Poles apart in handling, speed, visibility and pretty much every other parameter you can think of.
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