Afford it will be the rub.😉

​@@garyfischer4357That's only a problem for the poor and you know what Mel Brooks Roman Senate says about them.

@@garyfischer4357 While the barrier to ownership comes at a price. It's the value is, the long term ownership. I can say the same idea towards owning a new pick up truck, so I'm keeping my 25 year old truck and saving to buy a RV 15. Try buying a new Cessna 172 at $500,000. That's the rub for affordability.

​​@@SI-lg2vpyeah, save 10x the cost and get to build it yourself while still getting a zero hour plane

If they made a composite cub it would be the most popular plane. Who wants a Cessna clone? No thanks. Everything cool is composite now days

I agree, Dave. This airplane is a home run! And I like your idea about flying it from the right seat. It’s not unheard of to set an airplane up that way. Siai-Marchetti’s solo from the right. T-37. Bell helicopters. A good friend of mine built an SX-300 and set it up for right seat PIC. Just put the flight instruments on the right. That way you can fly with the stick in the proper hand and tune radios without switching hands. The only thing you lose is the ego factor when you taxi up with a passenger and people think the left seated pax Is the PIC. Woooo, I hope I could stand the depression that would induce, lol. After seeing it at OSH, I told my wife I would consider building one. She couldn’t believe what she heard, as we have a C-180 and I lean toward dope and fabric work in my shop. The airplane is impressive. And if Van’s ever supersized it… RV-16… it would turn the 180/185 world upside down!!! (Something that needs to be done if you’ve seen the prices in that fleet lately. Nuts.).

Its 21C!

Vans showed a picture of an rc version in the seminar today at Oshkosh

@@Hugocraft Yeah typically there's an RC prototype made before the full-scale version does its first flight, but a mass-produced one would be even cooler 😁

Yeah those are all drone shots for sure. There are a small number of very talented drone pilots/videographers. I mean a very small number, most are crap.

FPV drone, professionally flown and operated by @nikofilmz

Wow! Nice work, very nice. And I mean the drone shots as well as the airplane...s

@@FlyVansAircraft I was blown away by the drone shots!! AMAZING! I love the airplane too. A back-country style, high-wing RV was long overdue; and I'm so happy you are finally launching one. I am positive it will be an absolute hit. I won't be the least bit surprised if it ends up being the most popular kit in your product line. Best regards from Brasilia, Brazil.

Gotta be honest. Me too every time I watch it. Great people designing, building, and flying this airplane.

@@FlyVansAircraft reinforces my pride of owning a Vans airplane!

Thanks my dude 👊😁

My guess is this will push a 360-420 with minimum 180 max 235hp I think they will be beefy back country planes especially with how big it looks like it is

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Yeah, it's the Thunderbolt EXP-119 engine.

Well I’d imagine they’ll offer a kit for slats and a brand new 180 today would be 750k you’ll build this for under 200

Plus moose hunting this is going to be king in AK and a flat floor some of us build beds to sleep in the plane you can roll up and stuff in the tail

@@tracemitchell2093 it’s a one hit wonder is what I’m saying. The vast majority of the stol community has no need for that much payload or take their family and friends into the bush.

If that's what you need the 182 is your plane.

@@Kenriko It's actually the same width as a 182.

@@FlyVansAircraft Let me know when I can buy a kit. 😂

Doug Kenner flaps!

That would make it 42 feet wide, wouldn't fit in T-hangar. And it would also make it 6-8 inches wider than a 182. Not really very practical.

Most pilots these days are no longer 170 lbs. put two large guys in a 182 still cramped. Would be nice to see something home built for big guys.

@@wallyworld9096 What about those guys lose some weight? And live longer at the same time to fly more.

@@flexairz if I was 180lbs I would look sick some of us are just bigger people

Yes. I hope it is a good deal faster than the comparable 170, or close to the low wing RVs.

I think you might be mistaken about that. I think they are saying all the right things. This is an engineering test vehicle, so they plan to make improvements. So far, the landing gear and cabin look right for bush work. Let's see what it'll do.

Looks like a C180-killer to me

@@RobertJones-ty5mg gear is not designed for off airport use. It's more of a cross country airplane to operate in unimproved short strips

@@plantpower3048 That’s incorrect.