Since the news from Vans is pretty sparse I thought I'd amuse myself by playing around with a few trailer concepts. I posted a couple 3D animations at http://www.box.net/public/2kjtn56l6b.
Please, no disparaging remarks about my RV-12 model! I know the cowl looks like a Pinewood Derby car. It's hard to create a model when you don't have all the dimensions or a 3-view drawing.
My first trailer model was massive, to clear the large tail surfaces. So I added the nose wheel ramp. This brought the tail down, making room for the wings & allowing me to lower the roof. Then I narrowed the trailer, adding two side extensions for the stabilator. The trailer is still large, but manageable.
A few other ideas I might try:
Please, no disparaging remarks about my RV-12 model! I know the cowl looks like a Pinewood Derby car. It's hard to create a model when you don't have all the dimensions or a 3-view drawing.
My first trailer model was massive, to clear the large tail surfaces. So I added the nose wheel ramp. This brought the tail down, making room for the wings & allowing me to lower the roof. Then I narrowed the trailer, adding two side extensions for the stabilator. The trailer is still large, but manageable.
A few other ideas I might try:
- Front access door
- Winch, to pull the plane into the trailer
- Keeping the fuselage horizontal & adding a fin clearance extension on the roof
- Strap-on wing wheel, so you can move it around like a wheelbarrow