Van's Aircraft RV-11
RV-11 is Richard VanGrunsven's designation for a proposed single-seat Motor glider#Touring motor gliders, touring motor glider design similar in layout to the AMS Carat. Most touring motor gliders are two-seaters; VanGrunsven felt that the lower drag and weight of a single-seater would allow for superior performance. Although the designation is the 11th in the Van's Aircraft “RV” series, the RV-11 is not a company project. Rather, it is Richard VanGrunsven’s “personal pet project”, being designed and built at his home in his spare time. The prototype RV-11 uses the wings of an Schreder HP-18, HP-18 sailplane mated to a specially built fuselage. A Jabiru 2200 was installed in the nose. The panel features an I-K Technologies AIM-1 display and a MicroAir radio. The canopy is the aft half of an Van's Aircraft RV-4, RV-4 canopy, rotated 180 degrees so as to face forward. Construction is all-metal, except for the PVC ribs in the HP-18 wings and - as is typical in RVs - some ...
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VanGrunsven RV-11 Motorglider, Side View
van Grunsven or VanGrunsven is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Anky van Grunsven (born 1968), Dutch dressage rider *Marcel van Grunsven (1896–1969), Dutch mayor *Richard VanGrunsven (born 1939), American aircraft designer *Riet van Grunsven (1918–2004), Dutch resistance fighter *Teun van Grunsven (born 1999), Dutch footballer {{surname, van Grunsven Surnames of Dutch origin ...
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