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Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

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Currently, the SLSA version of the RV-12 in Standard Trainer trim costs $189,500, which includes a single-screen EFIS (Dynon HDX or Garmin G3X), Garmin GTR 200 comm radio and remote transponder. The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. The RV-12 is, of course, all metal.

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Flight Review: Van’s RV-12 LSA—Singular Success

Plane and Pilot

Currently, the SLSA version of the RV-12 in Standard Trainer trim costs $189,500, which includes a single-screen EFIS (Dynon HDX or Garmin G3X), Garmin GTR 200 comm radio and remote transponder. The large canopy pivots at the firewall, so it’s up and out of the way as you settle in. The RV-12 is, of course, all metal.

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The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Out back, theres an entirely new tail.

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Incidents and accidents: AeroTime’s commercial airline safety roundup of 2024  

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Post-accident assessment of the aircraft revealed substantial damage to the auxiliary power unit (APU) firewall bulkhead, resulting from the aircrafts aft fuselages contact with the runway surface. The left winglet of one of the aircraft collided with the right horizontal stabilizer and elevator of the other. No hay heridos.

Runway 235