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 thatTip 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.
statement.. . .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 statement.
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 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.
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.Or not .
We love our tipper. Heck, my -8 project is a tipper too.
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.
Wonder how we got all of ours thenThe slider bar is a real pain that pretty much prevents great air-to-air photos.
When I fly my tip-up I truly forget I have a canopy in front of me.
That's sort of the point ... you have a roll bar in front of you.When I have flown in sliders I am always reminded of the roll bars presence.
Now if only my wife, who's just learning to fly, wanted to pilot a tail dragger.
I built my tip-up to fly, not taxi around the airport trying to look cool.I have flown in both. Love the visibility and panel access in a tip-up, however, when I land in the heat in my slider, I can't wait to open it up and cool down. Besides, it's just cool hanging your elbow out.
On my Wife's first flight I almost broke my hand on the canopy pointing to something.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.
I built my tip-up to fly, not taxi around the airport trying to look cool.
Nothing better, than throwing that slider wide open, just as you roll off the main runway on a hot day. It's just refreshing, refreshing, and refreshing!
Beats the **** out of suffocating...
Curious... what would happen if you had the tip-up partially open and you got a 20kt gust from behind all of a sudden?
I built my tip-up to fly, not taxi around the airport trying to look cool.