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Van's RV-12

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Kitbuilt low wing single piston light aircraft. Includes the light sports variant, RV-12iS and RV-12iST trainer.

Lift type

Fixed wing

Assembly

Kit-built

Control

Piloted

Engine type

Piston

Application

Sport

Design & construction

The aircraft as engineered: what it is built from, the systems it flies with, and its configuration — each box a theme.

Airframe & structure

Primary structure

Aluminium

Wing

Aluminium

Landing gear

Fixed tricycle

Ice protection

None

Pressurisation

Unpressurised

Systems & avionics

Flight controls

Mechanical

Autopilot

2-axis

Avionics architecture

Standalone glass

Configuration & certification

Planform

Straight

Tail

Conventional

continued

Certification

Experimental-LSA

Minimum crew

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Type variants

Variant	Launch / first flight	Production end	Notes
Van's RV-12	2006 / 2006		No tailwheel variant.
Van's RV-12iS	2017 / 2017		Re-engined variant, with strengthened fuselage, includes RV-12iST SLSA trainer aircraft.

Airframer

Van's Aircraft Inc.

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