{"id":6101,"date":"2022-07-13T21:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-07-13T13:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/?p=6101"},"modified":"2022-11-13T18:09:26","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T10:09:26","slug":"vans-aircraft-rv-15-the-great-reveal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/vans-aircraft-rv-15-the-great-reveal\/","title":{"rendered":"Van&#8217;s Aircraft RV-15 : The Great Reveal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Van&#8217;s Aircraft RV-15  :  The Great Reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Van\u2019s Aircraft\u2019s developmental RV-15 is getting a lot of interest these days. Mainly fuelled by a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-FLjPoxsk7Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">new video<\/a> promising an \u201cinvisible feature\u201d hit the internet today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pre-AirVenture speculation is high<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>With pre-AirVenture speculation running high, one of the biggest anticipated stories is the first public appearance of RV-15. This will be at the big show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in a couple of weeks. The design marks the first high-wing entry for the fabled kit manufacturer. This aircraft is clearly riding the backcountry-flying popularity wave.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"550\" height=\"412\" src=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VansRV15.jpg\" alt=\"Van's Aircraft RV-15  -  The Great Reveal\" class=\"wp-image-6102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VansRV15.jpg 550w, https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VansRV15-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/countryairstrips.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/VansRV15-263x198.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><figcaption><em>Van&#8217;s Aircraft RV-15  &#8211;  The Great Reveal<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.avweb.com\/aviation-news\/vans-unveils-rv-15-high-wing-prototype-in-youtube-video\/\" target=\"_blank\">reported by&nbsp;<em>AVweb<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;just a few days ago, Van\u2019s teased its audience with a brief first-flight video. Today\u2019s release depicts the RV-15 \u201cemployee reveal party.\u201d As a few dozen or so workers are shown poring over the shiny all-metal taildragger airframe equipped with fat \u201ctundra\u201d tires, an announcer can be briefly overheard talking about how all the \u201cshock absorption\u201d [?] is inside the airplane to \u201creduce drag.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">An impressive damping action<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A pair of volunteers grab the wings and rock them up and down. This action reveals an impressive dampening action of the flat gear legs that stabilizes almost immediately. Previous Van\u2019s designs have used either tapered steel rods or aluminum leaf-style gear where the metal itself is the spring. (The original ultra-simple, undamped flat and tapered-rod spring steel landing gear was invented by 1930s race pilot and early Oshkosh resident Steve Wittman, after whom Wittman Regional Airport is named.) Online speculators suggest there is some form of internal shock absorption between the RV-15\u2019s main gear legs with the springing\/damping mechanism hidden in the aircraft belly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A tricycle-gear version of the Van&#8217;s Aircraft RV-15?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Of some interest, Van\u2019s has indicated on its website it eventually intends to offer a tricycle-gear version of the RV-15. It\u2019s unclear if the mystery inter-gear dampening hardware will be relocated to a further-aft mounting point. This would be to accommodate the shift in gear geometry or if Van\u2019s will use a different system. Other viewers have also noted the presence of a prop governor in the pilot-side air inlet. This suggests the engine is the angle-valve Lycoming IO-390 of at least 210 HP.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Article by: <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.avweb.com\/author\/mphelpsavweb-com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mark Phelps<\/a>     Mark Phelps is a senior editor at AVweb. He is an instrument rated private pilot and former owner of a Grumman American AA1B and a V-tail Bonanza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Van&#8217;s Aircraft RV-15 : The Great Reveal. Van\u2019s Aircraft\u2019s developmental RV-15 is getting a lot of interest these days. Mainly fuelled by a new video promising an \u201cinvisible feature\u201d hit the internet today. Pre-AirVenture speculation is high With pre-AirVenture speculation running high, one of the biggest anticipated stories is the first public appearance of RV-15. 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