[CWW]

I believe I've read every post on the site relating to this subject, but I'm not finding anyone who's been successful. I'm hoping to revive this conversation from years ago to see if anyone is successfully hauling their RV12 in an enclosed trailer. If so, we'd love any tips or tricks for building out the interior to load/unload and safely house the aircraft for travel.
We just picked up our trailer that was built with a custom 97" ramp door opening. We plan to build it out making any modifications needed along the way. We'd love to learn from others who may have already done this.

 

[dbhill916]

I believe that somewhere in the depths of the site you should find a very innovative trailer that 'checked all of the boxes'. It employed a ramp at the front wherein the nose wheel would travel up the ramp and thus lower the tail such that the rudder didn't require the trailer to be unreasonably high or have a custom fairing. The wings were hung from the sides and strapped to the walls to prevent movement. The fuselage sat in the middle. The wheels traveled in rails to ensure alignment. The plane was winched in using the attachment on the nose wheel.

When I transported my fuselage from home to the airport (only 1 trip), I made plywood wing spar stubs that engaged in the attach points but only extended a foot or so outside of the fuselage. I used those to secure the fuselage to the trailer deck.

 

[Invicto89]

I believe I've read every post on the site relating to this subject, but I'm not finding anyone who's been successful. I'm hoping to revive this conversation from years ago to see if anyone is successfully hauling their RV12 in an enclosed trailer. If so, we'd love any tips or tricks for building out the interior to load/unload and safely house the aircraft for travel.
We just picked up our trailer that was built with a custom 97" ramp door opening. We plan to build it out making any modifications needed along the way. We'd love to learn from others who may have already done this.

See post #28 from:

RV-12's stored on trailers?

Just curious, any idea how many of the RV-12 regularly get de-winged for trailering or whatever reason? I'm wondering if it's a measurable percentage or if it's approaching zero.... Does anyone regularly or seasonally keep them in or on a trailer like sail plane pilots sometimes do?

vansairforce.net

 

[Nashpdman]

I believe I've read every post on the site relating to this subject, but I'm not finding anyone who's been successful. I'm hoping to revive this conversation from years ago to see if anyone is successfully hauling their RV12 in an enclosed trailer. If so, we'd love any tips or tricks for building out the interior to load/unload and safely house the aircraft for travel.
We just picked up our trailer that was built with a custom 97" ramp door opening. We plan to build it out making any modifications needed along the way. We'd love to learn from others who may have already done this.

I asked a similar question a while back, here's the thread.

How many actually trailer their RV12 to the airport regularly?

As the title ask, how many folks regularly trailer their RV12 back and forth from home to the airport? I live in Nashville TN where there is no hanger space and years long waiting list. So, is it even practical to consider trailering and storing the RV12 in said trailer? Is the RV12 built for...

vansairforce.net

 

[Rich@PineBarons]

Pictures below show how i crossed the country on the road. It works well but wish suspension on dual axle trailer was better.