- Special Light Sport Aircraft
- We Build, You Fly Home and Rent -- the RV-12iS is all RV, with the added benefits of the Special Light-Sport Aircraft (SLSA) Category that allows and enables use in a commercial flight school and FBO environment.
- We Build, You Fly Home and Rent
- Whether you want to build it yourself (ELSA) or buy it completely finished and ready to fly home (SLSA), we've got you covered!
- A Great Student Training Aircraft
- Students love to fly the RV-12iS, and even more important they learn pilot skills faster thanks to the intuitive, fun handling and controls
- Technically Advance Aircraft Trainer
- For students pursuing commercial ratings, the RV-12iS with dial EFIS screens meets the Technically Advanced Aircraft (TAA) requirements, And, when equipped with the GTN 650 IFR navigator it can also be used for instrument training.
- RV-12iS
Fuel injected, computer managed, and totperformance, and so much fun to fly. A truly useful load - especially for a LSA.
Features
Glass Panel
The RV-12 panel may be configured from a selection of available avionics packages, in VFR or IFR-capable configurations. These include the Dynon Skyview HDX touch-screen avionics system and the Garmin G3X Touch avionics system.
For both manufacturers, VFR panel configurations are available that leverage a GTR-200 radio/intercom (European customers can select the GTR-225 with 8.33kHz frequency spacing), and include an ADS-B-out equipped transponder and 406 MHz ELT. Pre-built switch and fuse panels combined with complete wiring harnesses make the sophisticated panels truly “plug-and-play.”
A map box (available in conjunction with the ULS engine only) can occupy the right-side panel, or that space may be filled with a second EFIS display. Both manufacturers’ avionics systems can control an optional two-axis autopilot and can display ADS-B traffic and weather (USA only).
Owners who choose the Garmin G3X Touch system may choose to install our RV-12iS IFR avionics suite, which includes dual screens, a GTN 650 navigator, two-axis autopilot, and other necessary components. This configuration enables IFR training and more advanced avionics learning opportunities while piloting the RV-12iST technically-advanced trainer airplane.
Testing and Certifying the RV-12iS
Extensive, thorough testing of the RV-12iS has demonstrated compliance with ASTM LSA performance and structural requirements. This means that the RV-12iS may very well be the best-understood LSA on the market.
Our landing gear structural evaluation tests, shown in the video below, illustrate the level and detail of testing we performed on the aircraft during development.
