Van's Aircraft RV 12iS, Flight Training Supplement

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Revision: 4 Date:
09/08/20
RV-12iS Flight Training Supplement 5-2
ENTRY & EXIT TECHNIQUE
How to get in & out:
Entry method 1: Stand just forward of the wing leading edge facing the cabin. Step up onto the boarding step with your
leg that is closest to the front of the aircraft. Place the hand closest to the rear of the aircraft onto the roll bar. Bring your
other leg over the cabin deck and place your foot on the non-skid area just forward of the seat. Then move your foot
from the step to just forward of the seat and then sit in the seat.
Entry method 2: Sit on the non-skid area of the wing. Swing inboard leg over cabin deck. Place outboard foot on step
and push-off with that foot and outboard hand to move from being seated on the wing to being seated on the cabin
deck. (Apply hand pressure only over rivet heads on wing to avoid denting the wing skin.) Swing outboard leg into cabin
and lower bottom from cabin deck to seat.
Lower the canopy by pulling aft on the canopy frame. As the canopy rotates down, grasp the canopy latch handle and
allow the canopy to finish its rotation down to the closed position. Rotate the canopy handle to the latched position
(oriented pointing fore and aft). The aft ear of the canopy handle rides on a plastic latch block and clicks or detents into
place when latched. Unlatching the canopy requires that the handle be pulled, then rotated past the detent before it can
be raised up.
Exiting the aircraft is accomplished by performing the reverse of one of the above entry methods.
PASSENGER
RESTRAINTS
HEADSET PLUGS
(ON SEAT PAN NOT VISABE)
(OPTIONAL) CABIN
LIGHT
SPAR PIN
NON-SKID
BOARDING STEP
CABIN DECK
ROLL BAR