RV maintenance from a shop that lives with experimentals
Mach Aircraft Maintenance keeps Van's RVs flying across DFW and North Texas. We are an independent A&P shop and IRMT-certified Rotax specialist based at an airpark full of experimentals — annual condition inspections, Lycoming and Rotax engine work, propeller service, and experimental pre-buys — with honest squawk lists and up-front pricing on every job.
Call or text (469) 207-3320Experimental, done by the book
Experimental does not mean second-class. Your RV's operating limitations require a yearly condition inspection, and any certificated A&P can perform it and return the aircraft to service — you do not need the original builder. That is exactly where an independent shop earns its keep: if you bought your RV instead of building it, you do not hold the repairman certificate, and we are the A&P that keeps it legal. We will tell you plainly what is airworthy, what is a squawk, and what can wait — and we will never sign something we have not actually inspected.
What we do for RV owners
Real experimental experience, Lycoming and Rotax
Condition inspections
The yearly condition inspection your RV’s operating limitations require — worked to the same scope as a 100-hour, with AD/SB and Van’s service-bulletin research, a photographed squawk list, and a clean, correctly worded logbook entry that returns the aircraft to service.
Lycoming engine work
Service, troubleshooting, and top-end work on the engines that power most of the fleet — the Lycoming O-320, O-360, IO-360, IO-390, and the six-cylinder IO-540 in the RV-10 — including clones, compression and borescope, oil analysis, induction, and baffling.
Rotax 912 for the RV-12
The RV-12 and 12iS are Rotax-powered, and we are IRMT-certified Rotax specialists: 912 ULS / 912iS line service, the 5-year rubber replacement, carb sync or fuel-system service, ignition and cooling-system work, and the LSA-specific paperwork done right.
Phase I & first inspection
Finishing a build or buying one mid-flight-test? We help with Phase I flight-test support, the first condition inspection, and squaring away the squawks a new RV always shakes loose before it settles into normal operations.
On the RV work order
- Annual condition inspections for experimental amateur-built (E-AB) RVs
- Lycoming O-320 / O-360 / IO-360 / IO-390 / IO-540 engine service and diagnosis
- Rotax 912 ULS / 912iS service on the RV-12 and RV-12iS (IRMT-certified)
- Phase I flight-test support and first condition inspection
- Fixed-pitch and constant-speed propeller service and dynamic balancing
- Experimental pre-buy inspections, logbook audits, and build-quality review
- Brakes, tires, gear legs, and routine line maintenance
Why RV owners choose Mach
An RV rewards a mechanic who understands amateur-built airplanes — the panel might be glass, the engine a Lycoming or a Rotax, and no two builds are exactly alike. You get a photographed squawk list, a straight estimate before any work starts, and a complete condition- inspection entry when it is signed off.
Mobile or hangar-based from our Aero Country (T31) shop, with a 24/7 AOG line if your RV is ever stuck away from home.
Shopping for an RV? A pre-buy on an amateur-built airplane is its own skill — we audit the builder's logs and Phase I records, review build quality and any deviations, check for prior damage and corrosion, and run a compression and borescope before you sign.
RV owner questions
Which Van's RV models do you work on?
The whole RV line — the RV-3, RV-4, RV-6/6A, RV-7/7A, RV-8/8A, RV-9/9A, the four-seat RV-10, the RV-14/14A, and the Rotax-powered RV-12 and RV-12iS. Whether yours is Lycoming or Rotax, tip-up or slider, taildragger or nosewheel, we service it.
Can you sign off the annual condition inspection on my experimental?
Yes. An experimental amateur-built aircraft’s operating limitations require a yearly condition inspection, and any certificated A&P can perform it and return the aircraft to service — you do not need the original builder. This matters most to second owners who did not build the airplane and therefore do not hold the repairman certificate for it: we are the A&P that keeps your RV legal and airworthy.
Is the RV-12 handled differently?
The RV-12 and 12iS are Rotax 912-powered and are light-sport aircraft, so they have their own rules. We are IRMT-certified Rotax specialists, so the engine side is our home turf. For an E-LSA RV-12 an A&P (or LSA repairman) performs the condition inspection; for a factory S-LSA RV-12 the maintenance follows the LSA standards. We sort out which applies to your aircraft and do the work and paperwork correctly.
Where are you located and do you offer mobile service?
We are based at Aero Country Airport (T31) in McKinney — an airpark full of experimentals — and serve RV owners across DFW and North Texas: McKinney, Frisco, Allen, Plano, Prosper, Denton, Sherman, and Greenville. Routine squawks and AOG troubleshooting can be handled mobile at your hangar, or bring the aircraft to our shop.
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Send your RV model, engine, and what is coming due, and we'll follow up to schedule and give you a straight estimate. Aircraft on ground? Call or text the 24/7 AOG line at (469) 207-3320.