Vans Aircraft RV-8
Target for the Vans Aircraft RV-8
Up to 50fpm
Full marks for descent rate up to 50 fpm, and no note for a soft touchdown: a feather-light arrival is the right technique here.
- Vref reference
- 66ktat 816 kg
- Tail-strike limit
- 12°the category's
- Ideal touchdown zone
- 30 to 150mpast the threshold
- G-force
- 1.10Gfull marks, the category's curve
Tandem two-seat low-wing tailwheel kit aircraft from Van's Aircraft with a Lycoming IO-360 engine, developed from the RV-4 and first flown in 1995.
Roundout scores this aircraft with the Tailwheel / Aerobatic category's curves and touchdown-zone window. The figures it uses are below.
How its touchdown is scored.
The score at each point of its curves. Between the points, scores fall in a straight line; the full method is in the scoring methodology.
No shared landings or board for this aircraft yet. Its figures appear once pilots with a public profile have shared 5 graded landings in it, and a board once at least 5 opted-in pilots have flown it 10 or more times each. See the boards there are.
For reference.
Aircraft data
- Manufacturer
- Vans Aircraft
- Model
- RV-8
- Variant
- RV-8 / RV-8A (IO-360, 180 hp)
- FAA approach category
- A
- MTOW
- 816 kg (1,799 lbs)
- Vref in flight
- Adjusted to the weight you land at
- MSFS source
- Payware (SimWorks/Terrainy)
- Category
- Tailwheel / Aerobatic
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Every landing in the Vans Aircraft RV-8, graded against these numbers. Every update included, and tax or VAT in most countries.