The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft, and it is the genesis design for the whole RV series that followed. Richard VanGrunsven designed it in the late 1960s after flying the Stits Playboy, aiming to keep that homebuilt's layout while improving it in every respect: light handling, aerobatic capability, fast cruise and short-field performance. It uses a NACA 23012 airfoil on a constant-chord wing and semi-monocoque construction of mostly 2024-T3 aluminium sheet, and it was built only as a tailwheel aircraft. The first RV-3 won Best Aerodynamic Detailing at the 1972 EAA Oshkosh Convention. Kit production was suspended in 1996 over structural concerns and restarted after a new wing was engineered, giving the RV-3B. By February 2023 some 305 RV-3s had been completed and flown.
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Top Speed (km/h) Maximum Mass (kg) EngineLycoming O-235 or Lycoming O-320 1 Comparison
Body StyleAircraft (no road body style) 1 Connections
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The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft.
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Van's Aircraft, Inc. is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded by Richard VanGrunsven in 1973.
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The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft.
Development, engine
typically using a Lycoming O-235 or Lycoming O-320 powerplant
Specifications (RV-3B), power
Lycoming O-320 fixed pitch, 150 hp (110 kW)
Specifications (RV-3B), empty weight
Empty weight: 750 lb (340 kg)
Specifications (RV-3B), maximum takeoff weight
Max takeoff weight: 1,100 lb (499 kg)
Specifications (RV-3B), maximum speed
Maximum speed: 207 mph (333 km/h, 180 kn) at sea level
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By February 2023, 305 RV-3s had been completed and flown.
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The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft.
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The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft.
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The Van's RV-3 is a single-seat, single-engine, low-wing kit aircraft sold by Van's Aircraft.
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RV aircraft series
single-seat kit aircraft, aerobatic, debuted in 1972
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Van's Aircraft, Inc. is an American kit aircraft manufacturer founded by Richard VanGrunsven in 1973.
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