RV7
It’s time to sell my 2018 RV7 and live at a slower pace.
RV7 N50KB Features beyond basic Vans RV7 kit.
Firewall Forward
- Carbon fiber spinner
- Catto Three Blade Prop 66” dia. X 74” pitch
- Hidden magnetic oil door latch
- Lycoming IO-360 M-1-B, 180 hp (~370 hours)
- Compressions (July 2023) (1) 72/80, (2) 76/80, (3) 77/80, (4) 76/80
- Dual PMags
- Red Cube fuel flow totalizer
- EarthX 12.4 amp/hr battery
- VPX Pro electronic breakers
- Plane Power 60 amp primary alternator
- B&C 40 amp backup alternator
- B&C 90 deg. oil filter adapter
- Fiberglas engine plenum (no high temperature problems – oil or cylinders)
Airframe
- Beringer Wheels, Brakes, and Anti-skid control
- Flyboys light weight tailwheel
- Doug Bell tailwheel fork
- Flyboys tailwheel steering link
- AeroLED Aerosun leading edge Wig-Wag recognition, taxi and landing lights
- AeroLED AerosunVX wingtip Wig-Wag recognition, taxi and landing lights
- AeroLED Pulsar wingtip and Suntail tail strobe/navigation lights
- JDAir “hidden” canopy latch
- Garmin GAP26 heated pitot/AOA
- Conant low drag antennae
- Sherwin-Williams Acryl-Glow paint
- Light weight canopy rain cover
Instrumentation
- Two Garmin G3X 10” Touch Screens
- Garmin GTN625 TSO’d GPS Navigator
- Electric pitch and roll trim
- Garmin 305 Autopilot (pitch and roll)
- Garmin GTR-200B dual channel Bluetooth radio
- Garmin dual frequency ADSB in and out
- Garmin GTX23-ES remote transponder
- Two Garmin GSU25 ADAHRS
- Garmin GE24 Engine Analyser
- Garmin GDL 39R ADSB Receiver
- Garmin GDL 82 ADSB Transmitter
- Custom Annunciator Panel with low oil pressure, strobe off, flaps down, canopy lock, fuel boost pump and seat heater status lights
- 12 volt socket on panel
- TWC 6 amp/hr instrument backup battery
Cockpit
- Tinted Canopy – 59% transmission
- Koger adjustable sunshade
- Leather Seats
- Heated Seats – Two level individual controls
- Hooker harnesses
- Dual controls (brakes & sticks)
- Control Stick Switches:
a. Autopilot
b. Frequency flip/flop
c. TOGA
d. Radio Mike
e. Pitch & Roll Trim - Andair fuel selector switch
- 425 Liter Oxygen Supply with between seat canula outlets
- Between seat handheld radio storage compartment
- Two instrument cooling and canopy defogging fans
- Footwell and baggage area LED lighting
- ACK Model E-04 ELT
Documentation
- Full construction and maintenance logs
- 75 page Operating Handbook
- 24”x36” Steinair instrument wiring diagram
- Full set of 24×36” Vans construction drawings
Performance
- 1800 fpm climb at full gross weight
- 206.7 mph average groundspeed at 8,000 ft and 200 lbs below gross wt
Misc. tools, parts and fittings if desired
Photos
Reduced Asking Price $224,000 250,000
Sold – October 2023 – $175,000
Karl Bambas
352-942-3162
karl@bambas.com
Washing the plane
Recently I became interested in creating videos with Power Director software while starting to code a flight simulator version of the Garmin G3X instrument. Coincidentally, Dolly has a very nice camera tripod. I took it to airport and captured the following video on my iPhone. Click on the photo below to watch the video on Youtube.
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Flight Simulator Instrument Development
For two months I’ve been using spare time to code a Garmin G3X display instrument for the flight simulator community.
The G3X system is for both experimental and certified aircraft. It includes the GDU460, a ten inch touch screen multi page display shown above. Our plane (N50KB) has two on its instrument panel.
I have initially focused on coding the five engine instrument panels. Click on the image below to see a video of progress to date.