RV-3

RV-3

The Van's RV-3 is a solitary seat, single-motor, low-wing unit air ship sold by Van's Flying machine. Not at all like numerous other flying machine in the RV line the RV-3 is just accessible as a tail-wheel prepared airplane, in spite of the fact that it is conceivable that some may have been finished by developers as nose-wheel renditions. The RV-3 is the beginning configuration for whatever is left of the RV arrangement, all which unequivocally take after the RV-3. The RV-4 was initially created as a two-seat RV-3. 

The planner of the line of Van's air ship, Richard VanGrunsven, composed the RV-3 in the late 1960s after experience flying the Stits Playboy novice fabricated flying machine. The RV-3 began as an endeavor to keep up the Playboy's design and idea yet to enhance it in each respect. The RV-3 was intended to have light taking care of, aerobatic capacities, quick voyage speeds and short field STOL abilities. The RV-3 was additionally composed from the begin for genuine travel and all things considered conveys 30 US gallons of fuel giving it a scope of around 600 statute miles. The outline pull is 100-150 commonly utilizing a Lycoming O-235 or Lycoming O-320 powerplant, albeit a few manufacturers have fitted RV-3s with all the more effective motors. 

The RV-3 utilizes a NACA 23015 airfoil on a consistent harmony wing. Development is semi-monocoque of transcendently 2024-T3 aluminum sheet. The wings are worked around an aluminum I-bar fight with a lighter back fight. The air ship has plain folds worked by a handle. The fundamental arrival rigging is appended straightforwardly to the welded steel motor mount and comprises of decreased, sprung steel tubes. Development time for the RV-3 is accounted for to be 1300 hours for a first time manufacturer. 

The main RV-3 worked by VanGrunsven won "Best Streamlined Specifying" at the 1972 EAA Oshkosh Tradition. 

There is a RV-3A model, however its assignment does not take after VanGrunsven's typical framework, where "A" models are nosewheel prepared variants. A RV-3A is an early RV-3 that has experienced back fight and wing root redesigns as depicted in Van's production CN-1. Because of continuous basic concerns the creation of RV-3 packs was suspended in 1996. Proceeded with client interest for the single seat configuration brought about VanGrunsven designing another wing for the RV-3. Creation of units was restarted a couple of years after the fact. New air ship finished subsequent to the wing update and flying machine that have been retrofitted with the new wing are alluded to as a RV-3B. 

By November 2014 281 RV-3s had been finished and were flying.