Van’s RV-15 at Oshkosh – Twenty-Three

Van's RV-15 at Oshkosh
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Key Takeaways:

  • The Van's RV-15 introduces a high-wing design, which is a significant departure for the company and creates unique challenges for door construction.
  • Despite the new high-wing configuration, the RV-15's doors look conventional, which is considered a positive and reliable design choice.
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Van's RV-15 at Oshkosh

High-wing design is different in many respects from low-wing design, and one of the most critical areas is in the way the doors are designed and built, and Van’s has never built anything like this before. That all said, these doors look totally conventional, and when it comes to doors, tried and true is a very good thing. 

Isabel Goyer

A commercial pilot, Isabel Goyer has been flying for more than 40 years, with hundreds of different aircraft in her logbook and thousands of hours. An award-winning aviation writer, photographer and editor, Ms. Goyer led teams at Sport Pilot, Air Progress and Flying before coming to Plane & Pilot in 2015.
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