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11-09-2008, 12:07 PM
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Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Saint Simons Island , GA
Posts: 1,523
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Originally Posted by DanH
6-3, long inseam, big feet, and I was very impressed with the available legroom. If (when) I need to go sport pilot, it will be a 12.
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Hopefully, it will be a 24 or 25 by then..
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11-09-2008, 01:38 PM
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Bend, OR
Posts: 223
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Remember the lead designer is 6'3" or so... We've got a man on the inside
--Bill
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11-09-2008, 02:16 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Hubbard Oregon
Posts: 9,035
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Originally Posted by Mike_ExpressCT
You get in the airplane from the front of the wing (opposite most low wing airplanes). If you look at some pictures of the factory prototype, you will see a small step mounted on the fuselage in front of the wing where you step first. There's also a step location on the leading edge of the wing where you can step and pivot around to make your third step on either the seat, or if you're really tall you can step all the way to the cockpit floor. At this point get yourself in the cockpit the rest of the way and lower yourself into the seat.
I did a bad job describing this, but if you look at the pictures of the plane I think it will make a lot more sense. 
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Mike got it pretty close, but you don't need to be tall to step in without stepping on the seat. There is a raised step area just fwd of the seat that has a non skid surface and it is very easy for anyone too step to from the wing.
Once you are standing there with both feet you put one hand on the cockpit side rail and the other on the top of the opposite seat and sit down. Getting out is just a reversal of getting in.
The raised interior step area is just visible ahead of the right seat in this photo http://www.vansaircraft.com/images/R...V/12_panel.jpg
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11-09-2008, 05:07 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Novato, CA
Posts: 151
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Short Pilot
At Oshkosh I asked about short pilots. My daughter (5'2") will be flying the -12. The Van's guy said it was going to be more difficult to fit her than a tall guy. In our -6 I have to add 3" blocks on the rudder pedals.
In the -12 article that just came out in Sport Aviation there is a comment quoting Van as saying something to the effect of "maybe we should put in another hinge" for a 5'7" pilot. I think that will be our solution but not until after it has been built and inspected. I looked at the seat pans (already done) and it would be easy to install one or even two more hinges.
Rich
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