N99RV info

[travreeder48]

Flying out to check out an RV-3 in Atlanta tomorrow. It was completed in ‘83 and registered as an RV-3P. It has an extended wing of 18” making it the only -3p model apparently. Anyone have any info on it? I believe a gentlemen in the Denver area was the original builder.

 

[RWoodard]

I owned it in 1998-1999. I made a post in the RV3 Facebook group talking all about it. If you haven’t already seen it, I can go grab it and post it here, too.

@olyolson also owned it for a time. He’s fairly active on this forum. Maybe he’ll chime in.

 

[olyolson]

I owned it in 1998-1999. I made a post in the RV3 Facebook group talking all about it. If you haven’t already seen it, I can go grab it and post it here, too.

@olyolson also owned it for a time. He’s fairly active on this forum. Maybe he’ll chime in

Rod,

Boy you get around, didn’t know you owned it too. Been through a couple planes since then but I had it for a couple years as well. It was probably 20 years ago (2005ish I think) and it was the first RV I owned. I absolutely loved flying it but coming out of a Citabria it wasn’t hard to understand why it was so fun. I know it did not have the wing mods done when I had it. I got the wing mod kit from Vans and it went with the plane when I sold it to a guy in Texas.

The exterior looks the same but haven’t seen current interior pics. I did put in a new interior, a Garmin GPS Pilot III and cleaned up the cockpit a bit. Don’t remember too much other info except that I got hooked on the sliding canopy pretty quick!

Rod post that FB write up you did, would be interesting to read.

 

[Shark]

Flying out to check out an RV-3 in Atlanta tomorrow. It was completed in ‘83 and registered as an RV-3P. It has an extended wing of 18” making it the only -3p model apparently. Anyone have any info on it? I believe a gentlemen in the Denver area was the original build

Love my 3, such a fun plane to fly, no idea why you would want to extend the wings? especially with the history of the RV3A wing failures

 

[RWoodard]

Here’s what I posted on Facebook:

160hp O-320, fixed pitch Catto prop [Catto now. It had a Sensenich when I owned it]. It has bigger than standard wheels & tires… 6.00x6 if I remember correctly. Gets in and out of grass strips very nice with the bigger tires. Still got about 190mph out of it.

Built by Richard Pedersen in the Denver area and first flew in 1983 if I remember correctly. Doesn’t have any of the Van’s wing spar modifications [MIGHT be done now. See Oly’s post, above], but the spar was modified in a different manner pursuant to a study conducted by a Denver school that was based at KBJC. Also as part of their analysis and solution, they determined that the wing needed to be a little longer for an 8,000’ optimal cruise altitude. The wing and the spar mod were incorporated into the original build, so nothing looks tacked on.

There used to be a letter from Van himself in the records discussing the wing modifications. I didn’t fly it to the Land of Enchantment fly in at Las Cruces, but I talked with Van about the plane in 1999 [might’ve been 1998?] when I drove to the fly-in. He remembered the plane and spoke very positively about the quality of the build. I believe he said he actually flew the plane at some point.

When I had the plane, there were no wing tanks, so just a 24 or 25 gallon header tank. The paint was what you see in these pics… 1980’s color scheme, but it was great quality so I wouldn’t be in any hurry to change it. I’m pretty sure the N number stickers have been changed since I owned it. I always joked that it was A&W colors. (If anybody is old enough to remember A&W restaurants) All of this is from my memory and ownership of the plane in 1998-99.

I bought the plane as a time-builder and put 145 hours on it in the year I owned it. When I landed a job with Mesa Airlines, I was instantly too poor to own an airplane!

 

[travreeder48]

Here’s what I posted on Facebook:

160hp O-320, fixed pitch Catto prop [Catto now. It had a Sensenich when I owned it]. It has bigger than standard wheels & tires… 6.00x6 if I remember correctly. Gets in and out of grass strips very nice with the bigger tires. Still got about 190mph out of it.

Built by Richard Pedersen in the Denver area and first flew in 1983 if I remember correctly. Doesn’t have any of the Van’s wing spar modifications [MIGHT be done now. See Oly’s post, above], but the spar was modified in a different manner pursuant to a study conducted by a Denver school that was based at KBJC. Also as part of their analysis and solution, they determined that the wing needed to be a little longer for an 8,000’ optimal cruise altitude. The wing and the spar mod were incorporated into the original build, so nothing looks tacked on.

There used to be a letter from Van himself in the records discussing the wing modifications. I didn’t fly it to the Land of Enchantment fly in at Las Cruces, but I talked with Van about the plane in 1999 [might’ve been 1998?] when I drove to the fly-in. He remembered the plane and spoke very positively about the quality of the build. I believe he said he actually flew the plane at some point.

When I had the plane, there were no wing tanks, so just a 24 or 25 gallon header tank. The paint was what you see in these pics… 1980’s color scheme, but it was great quality so I wouldn’t be in any hurry to change it. I’m pretty sure the N number stickers have been changed since I owned it. I always joked that it was A&W colors. (If anybody is old enough to remember A&W restaurants) All of this is from my memory and ownership of the plane in 1998-99.

I bought the plane as a time-builder and put 145 hours on it in the year I owned it. When I landed a job with Mesa Airlines, I was instantly too poor to own an airplane!

Thank you for the info! Seems like a one a kind with the wing modifications.

 

[RWoodard]

Thank you for the info! Seems like a one a kind with the wing modifications.

Sure thing. It was my first RV and it sure seemed like a Rocket ship at the time. It’d be interesting to fly it again now (26 years later) that I’ve accumulated almost 500 hours in my current RV3 and another 100 in my Rocket…

Let me know if you need someone to fly it home. I should meet the insurance requirements .

 

[travreeder48]

Sure thing. It was my first RV and it sure seemed like a Rocket ship at the time. It’d be interesting to fly it again now (26 years later) that I’ve accumulated almost 500 hours in my current RV3 and another 100 in my Rocket…

Let me know if you need someone to fly it home. I should meet the insurance requirements .

Will do! I might have to take you up on that offer if everything goes well…This will be my first RV also.