Slider Vs Tip Up?

[RVbySDI]

Originally Posted by flybill7

Tip Up +2. Awesome visibility. That's what its all about. I flew in a RV-7A with slider a couple of times. That vertical bar in the middle? You gotta be kidding me. So the tip-up gets a little warm on the ground, big deal.

Ummm, spoken by a Nor-Easterner. Spend a summer or two down in the southern tier states and you might have a change of heart on that

. . .gets a little warm on the ground, big deal.

statement.

[flybill7]

I can assure you it gets pretty warm in Maryland in the summer. In fact, the canopy is the least of my worries. Because my 7 is polished aluminum, on a hot sunny day the entire plane heats up so much I have to wear gloves getting into it so I don't burn my hands on the hot metal. That would happen with the slider too.

[scard]

Originally Posted by RVbySDI

Ummm, spoken by a Nor-Easterner. Spend a summer or two down in the southern tier states and you might have a change of heart on that statement.

Or not .
We love our tipper. Heck, my -8 project is a tipper too.

[Jrskygod]

Slider for me. 105 yesterday and lots of thermals. Very bumpy ride. Cinch down the belts and grab onto the bar for support. After I landed I could not wait to get the canopy open for some of that hot air.

[RVbySDI]

Originally Posted by flybill7

I can assure you it gets pretty warm in Maryland in the summer. In fact, the canopy is the least of my worries. Because my 7 is polished aluminum, on a hot sunny day the entire plane heats up so much I have to wear gloves getting into it so I don't burn my hands on the hot metal. That would happen with the slider too.

Well, last night I was watching the weather on the local newscast. At 10:15pm it was 88 deg F, 68% relative humidity with a dewpoint of 74 deg F. That put the heat index around 97 deg F. As Doug stated on the front page today; Shade is "heart healthy" around here also. In these conditions even sitting in the shade is uncomfortable. In most instances on a return from a cross country flight, when I descend below ~3000' there is an instantaneous opening of the flood gates. As soon as the wheels touch down the slider comes open to get any relief possible.

I think the visibility on the tip up is fantastic. I would love to have it myself but being as I have an insufferable propensity to overheat very easily, the slider won out because of the ability to quickly get airflow in the cockpit on the ground. Not to mention, I love the slider/tipper option I installed that allows for easy access from above to the baggage area.

Originally Posted by scard

Or not .
We love our tipper. Heck, my -8 project is a tipper too.

You guys have a great plane. I cannot wait to check out the 8 when you finish it. No doubt in my mind it is going to be a super plane also.

[Mel]

Originally Posted by RVbySDI

Ummm, spoken by a Nor-Easterner. Spend a summer or two down in the southern tier states and you might have a change of heart on that statement.

I've spent 70 summers down here, over 20 with my tip-up, and still wouldn't trade.

[Louise Hose]

I certainly agree that different folks should make different choices and one should go with what they want. I believe the chose is really between whether you want to look cool on the ground (definately slider) or look cool in the air (tip-up, for sure). I hate the slider's bar in my vision, although the thought that it might enhance safety is an interesting one. I wonder if there is any evidence to back up that thought? The slider bar is a real pain that pretty much prevents great air-to-air photos.

I consider the "less hot on the ground" argument mostly a red-herring. Once the tip-up is popped up on roll-out and while taxiing, the cooling breeze is very effective. I have never chosen to fly our slider-equipped plane over one of the tip-up/tip-over planes because the temperature was elevated in Houston. The difference just isn't noticeable (to me).

[MauiLvrs]

Originally Posted by Louise Hose

The slider bar is a real pain that pretty much prevents great air-to-air photos.

Wonder how we got all of ours then

SAFETY = SLIDER

[Pmerems]

My name is .... and I am a Tip-Up-Aholic for the past 2 1/2 years.

Here in Tucson Arizona where it gets real hot in summer we have several RV's in the area.

Of the RV 6/7/9's that were built in Tucson that I know personally, 7 are tip-ups and 2 are sliders. So 78% are tip-ups.

If you are worried about being hot while taxing, just open the tip-up canopy to the vent position and enjoy. If its 100+ degrees out on the tarmac I don't believe either canopy configuration is going to make it more comfortable, its just hot. If you have a Kroger Sunshade it still works well with the canopy in the vent position (not so with sunshade in a slider with canopy open).

When I fly my tip-up I truly forget I have a canopy in front of me. When I have flown in sliders I am always reminded of the roll bars presence.

I have come to grips with tip-up addition and I am proud to call myself a Tip-Up-Aholic.

[java]

Originally Posted by Pmerems

When I fly my tip-up I truly forget I have a canopy in front of me.

That's a problem with tip-ups. I get smudge prints on the inside of it when I reach out to point at something as if there was no canopy.