Unfortunately I'm not going to make OSH this year (baby due in a few weeks). Can someone get some pictures of the -14 that show the mods made to the elevator?
I flew the prototype with the new elevator in mid June at the factory. Have several photos. No idea how to post them here on the forums as I don't do HTML.
I flew the prototype with the new elevator in mid June at the factory. Have several photos. No idea how to post them here on the forums as I don't do HTML.
I flew the prototype with the new elevator in mid June at the factory. Have several photos. No idea how to post them here on the forums as I don't do HTML.
Note that the trailing edge is no longer an AEX wedge, but instead is "fat", that is vertical, about 3/8" high. This change was made to overcome a "dead spot" in the pitch feel that Van himself felt made the prototype a little "un RV-like". Seemed fine in pitch to me on the demo flight.
The structure of the empennage was also beefed up after load testing determined that the prototype configuration wasn't adequate to support the tail-dragger version loads.