Visualization vs Reality Trailering an RV12

I guess since nobody wants to fly for free, I will go trailer my RV12 home. I have hauled one on my trailer several times, but the wings separately. I was trying to visualize the wings stacked on the floor UNDER the airplane. Has anyone done that before? Will they fit or do you need to raise the mains a bit to make them fit?

DonFromTX said:

I guess since nobody wants to fly for free, I will go trailer my RV12 home. I have hauled one on my trailer several times, but the wings separately. I was trying to visualize the wings stacked on the floor UNDER the airplane. Has anyone done that before? Will they fit or do you need to raise the mains a bit to make them fit?

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Sorry you couldn't get anyone to help. Next time get stranded closer to Daytona Beach, I'll help ...

That's how I got mine from home (where I built it) to the airport but I only had to travel about 25 miles. I think you'd be OK but you'd probably want to secure things more than I had to for a short trip.

I don't have any real good pictures but these show a bit of how it worked.

I may be missing a piece of the puzzle, but why not get someone to drive you there and you fly it back??

Wow, just what I needed, thanks a lot. I cannot see clearly,
but did you have to put blocks under the mains in order for them to fit?Anybody else with even more detailed photos would be appreciated..

tomkk said:

Sorry you couldn't get anyone to help. Next time get stranded closer to Daytona Beach, I'll help ...

That's how I got mine from home (where I built it) to the airport but I only had to travel about 25 miles. I think you'd be OK but you'd probably want to secure things more than I had to for a short trip.

I don't have any real good pictures but these show a bit of how it worked.

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DonFromTX said:

Wow, just what I needed, thanks a lot. I cannot see clearly,
but did you have to put blocks under the mains in order for them to fit?Anybody else with even more detailed photos would be appreciated..

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Nope, no blocks necessary other than wheel chocks that I screwed to the floor of the truck. The wings fit nicely under the fuse and even cleared the comm antenna. Worked out pretty well.

Notice that I did not have the tail mounted, though. The friends helping me took those in their pickup. I used the 26' (?) Penske truck and had plenty of room, even considering that I was also carrying one of my workbenches along with my -12. I don't think there'd be a problem space-wise. Securing everything so nothing vibrates against anything else will be the challenge. You'll need plenty of moving pads, tie-down straps and ropes.

Yep, the missing piece is a flight review. I got 17.5 hrs in a Rotax powered 12 and 50 landings, but no flight review. Without that the insurance is void, and I did not want to take that risk. That is in fact the whole reason for buying this one, to finish out transition and get a flight review. None within hundreds of miles, so buying one to train in seemed to be the only answer short of parting out Air Force One.
I am looking at the possibility of removing the right wing from one, and the left from the other and joining the fuselages together to make a four place

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No problem

DonFromTX said:

I was trying to visualize the wings stacked on the floor UNDER the airplane. Has anyone done that before? Will they fit or do you need to raise the mains a bit to make them fit?

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My plane coming back from paint - with padding overlapped but side by side underneath



I help haul Marks's aka - skunkworks RV12 on a different trailer. The wings were stacked on top of each other

DonFromTX said:

Yep, the missing piece is a flight review. I got 17.5 hrs in a Rotax powered 12 and 50 landings, but no flight review. Without that the insurance is void, and I did not want to take that risk. That is in fact the whole reason for buying this one, to finish out transition and get a flight review. None within hundreds of miles, so buying one to train in seemed to be the only answer short of parting out Air Force One.
I am looking at the possibility of removing the right wing from one, and the left from the other and joining the fuselages together to make a four place

OTE=Planecrazy232;1175483]I may be missing a piece of the puzzle, but why not get someone to drive you there and you fly it back??

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Don, if I were closer I'd help in a heartbeat. Putting an airplane on a trailer is like putting a trailer on a boat. It just doesn't seem right.

On our way to the painter

I agree, especially when the aircraft is perfectly capable of flying most anywhere on its own. I almost want to do it at night or when nobody is looking.



Don, if I were closer I'd help in a heartbeat. Putting an airplane on a trailer is like putting a trailer on a boat. It just doesn't seem right. [/QUOTE]