I agree with earlier poster, look at them and fly with them before you decide. I bought a kit in progress and it became a tip-up.
FIT: I am particular and at least try to get a nice tight fit. Having trouble with the fit, I called a well known operator of a builder center with multi builds of his own. " I have never been able to build a tip-up that I was happy with" was his comment.
Avionics: I am not so sure that the slider is that much of a problem. 1. The glass panels over a 4 screw provide access to a big hole. 2. I located many items under the forward skin to keep water out. All but one item can be accessed sitting in the seat. All can be accessed from below, but the provision has to be built in.
I have NO flight experience with the tip up and took transition training with a slider, The bar was nice to help in the egress.
TBD: If it (I) is aligned around that long perimeter, made leak free, and draft free when flying. It will be a success and worth the trouble.
Probably like a number of things, "it was the most difficult part of the project" until the next one was tackled and the same comment was made.
So again, try before you buy.
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Bill
RV-7
Lord Kelvin:
“I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about,
and express it in numbers, you know something about it; but when you
cannot measure it, when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge
is of a meager and unsatisfactory kind.”
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