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RV-14 Build: Use hardware that works for you. Fuel System part 2. - Subscribe to Bald Man Building an Airplane
Installing the previously made fuel lines, and the plastic holder thingies that keep them in place.
RV-14 Build: Use hardware that works for you. Fuel System part 2.
The Near Final Tail for the RV-15 Flies - Subscribe to Van's Aircraft
So what's been happening with the RV-15? In the last month, after getting its new wing fitted and flight tested, the engineering team has been hard at work, um, undoing a lot of their earlier work! In fact, the whole tail assembly - surfaces and the tail cone itself - had been modified several times to test different configurations.
The Near Final Tail for the RV-15 Flies
Vans RV-8 Build: Landing Gear Box & Forward Floor Structure Install Ep.134 - Subscribe to T Flight
In this episode of my Vans RV-8 build series, I’m tackling the landing gear box structure build and forward floor assembly for my experimental aircraft. Follow along as I fit, drill, deburr, and rivet the critical components that form the foundation for the RV-8's landing gear and fuselage strength.
Vans RV-8 Build: Landing Gear Box & Forward Floor Structure Install Ep.134
AirVenture 2025: Van's RV-12iS Update - Subscribe to AVweb
Van's Aircraft has enjoyed much success with the RV-12 series, and at AirVenture 2025 the company brought the latest 2026 RV-12iS. It sports some welcomed improvements including a more traditional under-wing-mounted pitot/AoA mast, more charging capability, more comfortable seating, updated Rotax fuel pumps, and a much needed parking brake, to name a few.
AirVenture 2025: Van's RV-12iS Update

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Pop Riveting in Tight Places - VansAircraftBuilders.com
The majority of riveting on the RV-12iS is done with the LP4-3 Pop Rivet. Most go in very easily, but some require a great trick from Van's, an angled wedge that allows the installation of a Pop Rivet in situations where the pop rivet gun barrel is too large to use perpendicular to a surface.
Pop Riveting in Tight Places
Get the RV Build Fever! - VansAircraftBuilders.com
The most fun you can have with your.... (you know the rest). The most fulfilling thing you will ever do, building your own airplane!
Get the RV Build Fever!
AutoPRSU Auto Engine Adapters for Experimental Aircraft - VansAircraftBuilders.com
We visited EAA Chapter 1246's Monthly Coffee and Donuts get-together, where Stuart Davis of Auto PSRU gave a great presentation, talking about his company's products where they convert auto engines for aircraft use. Check out their website: https://www.AutoPSRUS.com
AutoPRSU Auto Engine Adapters for Experimental Aircraft
RV-12iS Tailcone Construction Part 3 - VansAircraftBuilders.com
In this video, we're continuing work (part 3) on the Tailcone section of the RV-12iS.
RV-12iS Tailcone Construction Part 3
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