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The Vans RV series is a small Homebuilt Aircraft supplied in kit form. It holds two people in a Tandem seating configuration. The Van's RV series has become the most popular kit-built aircraft in the world. The RV-4 is the second most popular RV model (after the Vans RV-6 ). As of February 1st 2006, over 1176 RV-4s have been completed worldwide.


SPECIFICATIONS (TYPICAL RV-4)

  plane Or Copter plane
  jet Or Prop prop
  crew pilot
  capacity 1 passenger
  length Main 20 ft 4 in
  length Alt 620 m
  span Main 23 ft
  span Alt 701 m
  height Main 5 ft 5 in
  height Alt 165 m
  area Main 110 ft&2
  area Alt 102 m&2
  empty Weight Main 905-913 lb
  empty Weight Alt 410-414 kg
  loaded Weight Main 1,500 lb
  loaded Weight Alt 680 kg
  max Takeoff Weight Main lb
  max Takeoff Weight Alt kg
  engine (prop) Lycoming O-320/O-360/IO-360
  number Of Props 1
  power Main 150-180hp
  power Alt 110-135 kW
  max Speed Main 200 mph at sea level
  max Speed Alt 320 km/h
  never Exceed Speed Main 210 mph
  never Exceed Speed Alt 340 km/h
  range Main 725 miles Cruise 55% power at 8,000 ft
  range Alt 1,170 km
  ceiling Main 23,000 ft
  ceiling Alt 7,000 m
  climb Rate Main 2450 ft/min
  climb Rate Alt 125 m/s
  loading Main 1364 lb/ft&2
  loading Alt 67 kg/m&2
  power/mass Main 01-012 hp/lb
  power/mass Alt 016-020 kW/kg



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