RV-12M
Light Sport.
Total Performance.
Factory-Built.
The RV-12M is now the world’s first MOSAIC aircraft to be delivered.
What’s new?
The Van’s RV-12M Part 22/MOSAIC model receives significant improvements in utility, pilot convenience, and style — starting with a new Evoke Aviation-inspired paint scheme that is anything but ordinary. But, that’s just the start.
Comfort & Convenience:
- All-leather seats for excellent durability and all-day comfort
- New elbow rests for pilot and copilot
- Updated side panels with additional small-item storage
- Redesigned controls including new stick grips, upgraded throttle lever, and throttle friction mechanism.
- Parking brake is now standard
- Redesigned tow bar/rudder lock
- Improved interior lighting
- Custom holder in center console holding a canopy-breaker hammer
- Improved weather sealing around canopy
Functional Upgrades:
- Pitot tube relocated from spinner to left wing and heated for actual IFR in IMC capability
- New alternate air and static sources
- Premium Goodyear tires
- Performance Improvements:
- Auxiliary alternator for increased electrical capacity and redundancy
- Upgraded radiator and oil cooler with revised mounting design, offering better hot-weather performance and ease of maintenance
- Changes to the fuel system to accommodate new ROTAX fuel pumps
Plus:
- ROTAX Care is standard!
Comfort for two
Updates inside the cabin make for a more pleasant experience, whether you’re an experienced pilot, new student, or grizzled CFI. Tip up the large canopy and you’ll find all-leather seats. They’re more comfortable and durable than ever. Combine them with new elbow rests for the pilot and copilot and new side panels with additional small-item storage. We’ve also updated the stick grips, throttle control, and throttle lock for improved ergonomics. We listened to feedback from owners and flight schools — and made useful improvements based on that.
Upgrade to AXIS
The RV-12M features an exclusively Garmin AXIS-based panel. Bright, clear, high-resolution screens driven by fast processors make the AXIS system a feast for the eyes, plus they take advantage of Garmin’s continuous development based on the popular G3X Touch systems so many pilots know and love.
For the RV-12M, most trim levels get twin AXIS screens, while every configuration comes with a Garmin fully coupled autopilot and GMC 507 control head, Bluetooth-enabled stereo intercom, modern com radio, and multiple GPS position sources.
IFR versions, found in the Advanced Trainer and Platinum Advanced trim levels receive the fully integrated Garmin 116NC display, which packs an IFR-approved GPS navigator, com radio, VHF nav radio, and audio panel into one sleek package. It’s backed up by a second AXIS display for the right seater, as well as a Garmin G5 backup instrument in the center stack.
This impressive avionics set makes the RV-12M a Technically Advanced Aircraft and offers a sophisticated, yet easy to learn, platform for VFR pilots and those learning how to fly IFR.
IMC Approved!
Among the big changes for the RV-12M is the relocation of the pitot tube from the propeller spinner to under the left wing. This allows use of a heated, angle-of-attack-capable pitot head. That’s one enabling technology that goes along with a new alternate instrument static source, alternate air intake for the engine, and an additional alternator for extra charging power to help the RV-12M meet the MOSAIC requirements for flight into actual instrument conditions.
There are several features that make it a unique RV:
- The RV-12M meets the certification standards of the Part 22, and our factory-build version can be used for compensation or hire.
- Extensive and thorough testing has demonstrated compliance with Part 22 performance and structural requirements. It is what we say it is and does what we say it does, and we have the test data to prove it!
- The RV-12M is powered by a Rotax 912iS Sport 100 hp engine. Extended real world experience has shown it to be durable, reliable, and economical with maintenance availability worldwide. It can be run on either unleaded autogas or 100LL.
- The RV-12MS is equipped with a ground-adjustable Sensenich composite propeller — light, smooth and affordable. The low empty weight allows a generous useful load — two people as tall as 6’4″, 20 gallons of fuel and 50+ lbs of baggage.
Changes up front
Ongoing improvements to the RV-12M include a new radiator and oil-cooler configuration that not only cools the engine better but is easier to maintain. We’ve also updated the RV-12M to the latest-specification ROTAX fuel pumps.
Removable wings
The RV-12M was designed from the start to be “trailerable.” Light, easily removable wings make it practical to keep the airplane at home, or hangar it in corners where nothing else will fit. To remove the wings, you simply pull a pair of pins located behind the seats and the wings can be removed in just a few seconds. All control and wiring connections are automatic and an ignition interlock electronic sensor sensor system prevents the engine from starting if the wings and spar pins are not properly installed.
Four stroke, fuel injected Rotax power
The 100 hp four-stroke Rotax 912 series has become the most widely used engine in the world in Light Sport class aircraft. And for good reason — it’s proven itself in all kinds of conditions, all over the world. It’s designed to operate on unleaded auto fuel. Computer-controlled for maximum efficiency and performance, the 912iS benefits from increased performance in all regimes and is especially valuable at higher operating altitudes. A gearbox reduction drive turns the prop in the most efficient RPM range.
