Save one of your short (4"-ish) white (or light colored) zip ties ---- they work great as dipsticks for your brake reservoir (the cap on it is metric M10x1.0).

Appreciate the performance and enjoyment flying the RV-12. Very reliable platform & cost efficient. Enjoyed the upload & information!

Don't know if I misheard, but is this a 2 stroke diesel, like the Detroit V53/71/92 series?

Price increases, no no, inflation is only 3%. Report it correctly. Those 20% and 30% increases are just the product of your lying eyes and wallets.

Sell me your plane. Great video

now put them in everything :))

Current numbers I hear is $90-100k for the 4 cylinder with $60k+ for experimental. This is engine only cost with FWF being extra. I can't find a TBO or TBR. With diesel weight a high concern and I assume the designers have compromised reusability to save weight, it would more likely a TBR. Also, with litigation costs, will engine be serviced in house with only DeltaHawk mechanics or like Rotax with invite only certified shops? Nonetheless, I don't see this trickling down to Cessna 172 types for quick some time if ever.

For aesthetics, you might consider replacing the black zip ties on the gear legs, positioning the brake lines, with either white or clear zip ties. They really don't stand out as black does ...

Love the updates!

Uh, UH, where is the radiator Amigo? ? ❤❤

? The kinked hoses between cylinders ?? ❤❤

Lubrication?

DeltaHawk. Has got it going. Excellent teams working hard in developments.

does the RV14 pkg include a cowl?

Forced induction Compound charging . Amazing

They used to tout , One hp/lb. 20 years later, still in development and specific lb/hp/hr are nothing to write home about. Be very leery of claims from these people. Great idea, poor execution.

No mention of TBO.

100k? Yeah no

Detroit Diesel of the sky…I dig it.

Insightful, thanks!

Looking good!

GA is long overdue for a replacement of the air-cooled pancake engines.

Av Web video

I love the engine.... i'm just worried about the belt on the supercharger. Back in the day, I had a supercharger on an old toyota pickup... and it would blow the belt every 5 or 6 thousand miles. Since it was a 4-stroke, it would continue to run. (Poorly) But it got the point where I would put on a new belt every oil change. Since this is a 2-stroke design.... I'm sure it would stop with a thrown belt. I wish they would have used a toothed belt (no slippage) or a more rugged drive solution. Like a gear drive with an oil bath. (the standard to drive aviation accessories)

He interest in to know the weight difference between this and one it is meant to replace as well as fuel burn and prices. Looks a good engine design though.

Any body price on these 3 engines, that about the a confige and oil draning into the cylinder and hydroloc on start up?

Will the 235hp fit im my cessna 150?

Cool stuff!

EXCELLENT VIDEO THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!

we got canceled today😔March 30, 2024

I built a RV 4 and found Richard to be a pain in the a$$ to deal with, hope it’s different today

What they don't tell you about the wheels is that the struts come with a +6* camber on each main wheel/tire and that unless you are flying consistently at gross, you will find the outer 1/3 of the tire will wear down to the cord (while the inside tread is still almost full depth) in 150-200 hours and then have to flip the tire (or, you do like I did and have 2-4.5* shims made to reduce the camber to +1.5* for each wheel --- I've added nearly 500 hours to the tires since then and have been getting equal wear across the entire width of the tread. I typically fly between 1000 and 1150#.)

Beautiful -10 Build. I am sorry to hear about your engine, as a builder nothing can be more frustrating than when the delay is not on your end. You will get the engine soon and fly this baby all over the place. I also fly a -10, i'll see you around.

Keep dropping the ball with the engine then just drop an LS engine in that bad boy.

70-odd service bulletins (and counting)

These videos are great. Please post updates of the rv12 build.

Just found these build videos. I hope you all keep producing these. I really enjoy them.

The lightening holes in the wing root ribs are just begging to have cylindrical fuel tanks in them.

Enjoyed this. Just discovered a club here in Louisville building an RV12, and they are even looking at doing an electric conversion.

ELSA does not require a A&P to sign off. You take the LSRI class and sign off yourself!

Why did you remove the wings for an annual inspection?

Enjoy your build videos.

Great. Thanks

Thanks! Enjoyed the content. I own 2 of those sawhorses. I would not put my aircraft on them. Just saying…

Thank you for sharing! Much appreciated! 😃👍🏻

Larry, another great video

When you say the avionics are limited to what the mfg offers? I’m planning an RV12 LSA. Is there some legal regulation on which avionics I can use? First I’m hearing of that.

Always love seeing these progress videos! Keep up the good work! - Jacob

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