RV-14 Is More Fuel Efficient Than Your Car 

“The modern American. A little bit bigger, a little bit wider” Lol

A good no BS description of the build process.

One of my hangar neighbors built one of these. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!...I was sold on the idea. Brought the tools already... The specs on this beat my 172N in all areas.

Great job Greg!!!

I laughed when he said "built for the modern American" which is a polite way of saying something else.

Yeah, that'd be my plane. The 200mph cruise is where it's at. A faster cruise is safer, if you're VFR because it is easier to plan against weather, as you don't need to predict as far into the future. A two seater with some luggage fits the mission of empty nesters well.

Good stuff my brother 👍

Sharp looking aircraft.

This is clearly the best video on RV-14s on the web right now.

Congratulations, finally MojoGrip has audio by someone who knows what he's talking about.

Ordered an empennage kit in May. Factory is looking at crating it for delivery this November. I'm going with the tailwheel version. I took a demo ride in Van's N144VA (tailwheel) at the beginning of June of this year. It is fast, and very light on the controls. 45-degree steep turns with a couple of clicks of nose-up trim is hands-off. Wish I could have performed a few stalls, but insurance forbids it on demo flights. Slow-flight is pretty stable. Very roomy and wide cabin, great visibility. Flies like a much larger airplane, although I kept looking out at the wing asking, "where's the rest of it?"

Awesome plane 💪💯

Knowledgeable fellow.

Great vídeo

Big cabin and speed and short take off is the name of the game

Great present, mate.

Vans RVs are well known throughout the flying community for having a ton of utility: plenty of speed, great visibility; lots of speed/range/endurance options; a very low stall speed, which translates to low approach and climb speeds and short takeoff and landing distances; plenty of climb rate; crisp, sporty handling and (with the exception of the 9, 10 and 12) a +6/-3 G limit load factor, ie aerobatic capability. But if you go to the Vans website and crunch some numbers, you'll soon discover that the one thing most RV designs could use more of is more fuel capacity. The advantage ofhaving greater fuel capacity is for those instances when one wanta to both fly solo and max out the range while cruising at 75% power. For example, the RV-7A's two wing tanks hold 42 gallons of avgas, of which about 40 gallons are useable. Assuming the Lycoming O-360 engine, the 7/7A burns 11.7 gallons per hour at 75% power. So for a three hour trip at 75% power, the 7's engine will burn 35.1 gallons of avgas. And I'm nt event even taking into account fuel used for startup, taxi, run-up, takeoff, climb, descent, approach, landing, taxi and a VFR fuel reserve. So if one subtracts another 5.8 gallons from the 40 useable for a 30 minutes VFR reserve and ... say ... two more gallons for startup, taxi, climb etc, that leaves 32.2 gallons available for cruise. So the 7/7A can only legally cruise at 75% power for about two hours and forty-five minutes. Or its pilots will need to stop thinking about cruise in percentage of power and instead think of it as fuel flow at cruise. Wanna fly for four hours? Pull the throttle back and lean until the engine burns 8 gallons per hour. Now you're closer to 55% power and still cruising at a respectable 148 knots. Of course at a lower power setting and fuel flow, one is partially negating one of the design's greatest strengths. I don't think Vans would do that, because, as designed with a VFR panel, the RV-7/7A pilot can fill the seats with normal-sized people, top up the fuel tanks, max out the baggage area and fly away at or below max takeoff weight. Either Dick Van Grundsven really doesn't want people to overload his airplanes, or he doesn't think his builders will want to spend more than 3 hours at a time in the RV's snug cabin.

what do they do for coatings on the windshield to reflect away a lot of the sunlight and glare?

Magnifique avion ! 😯🤔👍

I think it would be cool if they did an upsized RV-8 with tandem configuration.

Have always wanted to build an RV. glee out if Aurora Oregon for years but the reality of time and funds prevented it.

As an RV-9A owner, I approve of the comparison to the Taurus SHO :)

VERY NICE!

If they'd offer this or an RV-10 with a side-stick I'd hop a list for one immediately. And yes I know that as an amateur-built plane it's possible to build one with a side-stick or whatever you want, but primary flight controls are not an area where I want to engineer a one-off solution. I'd settle for a yoke or side-yoke, too. These bigger RVs are seriously capable cross-country machines, but I have found the SAF (spousal approval factor) to be low when there's a stick. And yes, I know you could remove the co-pilot's stick, but then you lose the redundancy of a second stick. An RV-10 with side-sticks, a TSIO-550, hot prop, and a therma-wing system is a dream plane.

0:25 - can carry 'extra baggage' 👀

Can’t wait to start the building of my RV10

How do these planes handle in high DA situations and mountain flying? ....maybe vs a turbo arrow?

My RV-7a is far and away more fuel efficient than my car on trips. ANd I love how he calls it the "camaro" because I have a camaro too lol

Does a 6'2" tall 220lbs person fit in this plane? And you know if they allow me to build one in Spain, Europe?

Can the seats lay flat for camping like the Vashon?

RV-10 is an awesome plane. Four real adults very good speed at almost 200 mph and good range at 800 plus miles at max gross. I've flown in two RVs a 9 and a 10. The 10 is pure luxury.

👍👍👍 RV 8 please

Your preference: Sling TSI or RV14?

looks like a glasair I ?

Wow...he knows his s**t (stuff)!

I'd say just like Radio Control planes...Whatever the kit cost, then add another to finish it...With RV's pick a kit number, add 5 zeros to finish it...

So it’s aerobatic. How do I bail out with canopy hinged forward?

Well the pricing didn't age well in 6 months did it. He said 49k for quick build kit and with the latest price increase its at 64k....only a 30% increase in 6 months. I know, I know, its their fault. Prices are rising everywhere for shipping, labor, etc....but things are gang busters now. I think I'll wait a year or two for the interest rates to rise, the economy to slow down and businesses will actually need to start competing for dollars again.

sounds like a commercial

And thirty times as expensive!

I am looking at building an RV-14A

Got to get my RV4 finished first

is a skymaster worth presurised for high altitude ? twin thats too loud back engine runs hot tubo jet prop 1 engine 300 mph ?

"Built for the modern American... A little bit bigger, a little bit wider'... Lol...

DarkAero is planning on 250+ mph with 200hp...

But it won’t fit in the drive-thru.

Maybe I missed it, what's the total useful load?

He said O-290 engine, did he mean 390? We have to get away from kit building. 130k$ if you can find a used engine somewhere and you have to build it and get it approved. Come on...

"......can basically do anything you want...." Can it fry an egg ?

$140K for and "economical" plane. The new 'RV Grin" is not from how fun the plane is to fly, but from having the means to buy one.

Averaging 83 MPG, my car is more efficient. (2021 Toyota Prius). However, my airplane is more fun....

Lmfao the modern American 🤣🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀💀

Go buy a used Vans aircraft, even when buying used, it is still a lot newer than other spam cans.

I'll take an RV7 tail wheel, sliding canopy and an AC Aero 409 Legion engine...Just waiting on my crypto to moon.

No parachute?

0:24 Like everything these days, this is also built for the "modern American," In other words, hefty-duty, lol

"The modern American" ROTFL

You should have let VANS build this one for you.

Built for the modern American lol.

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Whats the point of a "kit" if it only has HALF of what you need. Getting the rest is a pain in the neck and having to buy separately and add on. So no surprise it takes more than a year to built this thing or most kits.

I wish aircraft makers would build what 90% of us do ...no one realy gives a shit about fuel burn that much because were not flying 2000 hours per year . I care about a big cabin and short take off and high speed and if it takes another 40 hp to achieve all that who cares . Seriously

It's an RV7 for stout people pure and simple. Funnily enough the RV7 is an RV6 for stout people too. I call it obesity creap.

Not really unless you are burning 4 US gallons per hour.

Very good channel. Bad video format. No controls, no volume, size choice BAD. Thus no likes subscripts. The BAD format is costing you money.

How is a $150,000 aircraft "economical" by any means?

not as good as a sling is it mate

The RV14 is NOT the most economical in its class (150kt kit plane). It has a 200-215hp Lycoming burning about 12gph, about standard.

If that plane is more fuel efficient than your car, you have a terrible car. With about 1500km on the 190l tank, you're looking at 12l per 100km, which is more than twice as your average mid class car. Sure, if you've got a SUV or somesuch nonsense, you could be above that, but then you're a silly person to begin with.