Vans Rv 8 Aircraft

This airplane has 513 hours on the airframe engine prop been hangared its entire life has no damage history and includes the build photo binder documenting the exceptional craftsmanship that went into the project.

Vans rv 8 aircraft.

82317 is a kit design manufactured by van s aircraft inc 14401 keil road ne aurora or 97002 usa. They can be provided rudimentary controls but they can t see forward as well don t have access to anything on the instrument panel and will sit with their legs. In 2020 van s approved the 210 hp lycoming io 390a for use on the rv 8 8a aircraft as well. The van s rv 8 is a tandem two seat single engine low wing homebuilt aircraft sold in kit form by van s aircraft the rv 8 is equipped with conventional landing gear while the rv 8a version features tricycle landing gear the design is similar to the earlier rv 4 although it is larger than that earlier model.

The maximum speed is 194 kts 222 mph 360 km h and the range for the aircraft is 780 miles 1 264 km. The empty weight of the rv 8 is 1 120 lbs 507 kg and the maximum takeoff weight is 1 800 lbs 815 kg. The rv 8 uses a lycoming o 320. The person sitting in the back seat is the passenger.

The rv 4 and rv 8 8a are very much pilot plus passenger airplanes. However the fact that the rv 8 can accept a large engine doesn t mean that it needs it. Aicraft i luke model van s rv 8 s n. Find out why so many people choose to build and fly experimental van s rvs.

The person sitting in the back seat is the passenger. The van s rv 8 and the van s rv 8a are single engine low wing tandem two seat homebuilt kit aircraft. Van s aircraft is the leading designer and manufacturer of kit aircraft with more than 10 000 flying aircraft and a wide selection of available models. Traditional engine options 150 180 hp lycomings have been retained.