I used to hear of a new RV12 flying every couple weeks. When we got to 100 flying, it all seemed to cease. Does anyone have an idea how many kits are sold and how many are now flying?
Per Van's site: As of August 30, 2011 7,423 RV aircraft have been
completed and flown!
Listed by Model
RV-3 271
RV-4 1338
RV-6/6A 2446
RV-7/7A 1092
RV-8/8A 1077
RV-9/9A 699
RV-10 366
RV-12 134
Based on the post here and on 'My Kit Log' there are several being built/ flying in Canada, UK, South Africa, Australia, Netherlands, Osterreich, Mexico, Poland, and probably others.
So probably 150 flying, well over 500 starts, since the 500th kit start was in Feb 2011.
Kit number 422 was bought September 2010, if the latest kit number is 565 it means more than 143 kits sold in less than a year Not bad going. Still a happy builder on a excellent kit.