dicel87
Well Known Member
I've been following the debates on slider and tip up....each has a very devoted following. The common issue seems to be with difficulty in constructing them properly. Slider proponents seem to wrestle with their unique design challenges as do tip fun fans with their own design. But what about a different design altogether?
In checking out some of the new RV10 sites that are cropping up I have started to see a number of buiders entering the finishing stages of their plane and that means installing the fiberglass canopy/roof with its gull wing doors.
So why wouldnt a similar (but scaled down version) of this design work on an RV9 or RV7? I haven't built one obviously, but it seems to be less difficult to mate the fiberglass to the fuselage and install the windows, than mating plexi to tubes and metal and then getting that whole assembly to either tip up or slide correctly.
Think it would be too tight of an entry in a two seater? Too much weight? Too much trouble?
Just wanted to get some thoughts from the collective group of builders.
Scott
In checking out some of the new RV10 sites that are cropping up I have started to see a number of buiders entering the finishing stages of their plane and that means installing the fiberglass canopy/roof with its gull wing doors.
So why wouldnt a similar (but scaled down version) of this design work on an RV9 or RV7? I haven't built one obviously, but it seems to be less difficult to mate the fiberglass to the fuselage and install the windows, than mating plexi to tubes and metal and then getting that whole assembly to either tip up or slide correctly.
Think it would be too tight of an entry in a two seater? Too much weight? Too much trouble?
Just wanted to get some thoughts from the collective group of builders.
Scott