Both seats easily hold people 6’4” or taller and provide truly comfortable leg and headroom. The RV-14 cabin easily accommodates full-sized adults - in fact, the basic idea was to provide the room and comfort one gets in the RV-10 in a two-seat airplane. A tailwheel version – called simply the RV-14 – is also available. The RV-14A’s nose wheel rides on a robust steel strut and the gear resembles the elastomer articulating design used on the RV-10. There are no oleos, bungee cords, or shock absorbers. The main landing gear is intentionally simple, consisting of tapered steel leaf springs with a wheel on one end and the airplane on the other. Seats, belts, and harnesses are designed to keep pilots and passengers safely restrained. A massive rollover bar spans the cockpit just behind the seats. Occupant protection is an important concern. It’s very difficult to beat the combination of light weight, structural integrity, simplicity, and affordability that aluminum provides. This design method has been the standard in aircraft construction for almost seventy years. The RV-14 structure is typical of all RVs - and most production aircraft, for that matter: a monocoque aluminum airframe held together with rivets. Video: Walkaround of the RV-14A with IO-390-EXP119 Up front, either a 210HP Lycoming IO-390A or the 215HP IO-390-EXP119 engine with cold-air induction lives under the cowl and supplies plenty of power! A Van’s exhaust system designed for the application keeps exhaust noise relatively low, especially in the cabin. Leading edges and wingtips have provisions for landing, position and strobe lights. Ailerons are controlled by rigid pushrods moving on bearings and bushings - a very low friction system that provides the control feel for which RVs have become famous. Leading-edge fuel tanks can be removed without taking the wing off the airplane. Large slotted flaps keep landing speeds low. The wing is a constant-chord and constant thickness design, so it’s easy to build and completely predictable in flight. The RV-14’s relatively long wing leverages the same proprietary airfoil that’s proved so successful on the RV-10. A blank panel for those who want to develop their own panel design from scratch is also available. The first RV-14 prototypes at the factory sport Dynon Skyview system and Advanced Flight Systems panels, but the standard RV-14 wiring harness will provide convenient plug-and-play expansion capability for several popular EFIS systems.
Speaking of avionics, the RV-14 includes a standard wiring harness that handles the usual electric basics: lights, fuel pump, flaps, trim, etc. It’s even possible to stand on the ground next to the airplane and reach everything behind the instrument panel. It also allows complete access to the back side of the instrument panel and avionics connections. The tip–forward canopy (the only canopy style available on the RV-14 fuselage) uses a new hinge arrangement that allows it to open wide for entry and loading baggage.
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