06-17-2021, 03:36 PM
Enclosed trailers are nice. That being said...they are heavy. My aluminum 20ft trailer weighs around 1000lbs, my aircraft is another 1000lbs.
An enclosed trailer built for the helicopter would have to be 109.5" tall and about 30ft long. It's empty weight would likely exceed 5500lbs or more. Not an issue with a Newell, but with my small Class A with it's Chrysler Industrial LA360 V8 Gas engine at a gross weight of 10,000lbs without the trailer, I would be dragging my.... well you know, up hills and the like. The places i go to fly this thing tend to be grass fields and not at all conducive to Newell operations! Lighter is better for this kind of thing and the cover+plastic wrap works great.. Even in a ice storm! See photo above
An enclosed trailer built for the helicopter would have to be 109.5" tall and about 30ft long. It's empty weight would likely exceed 5500lbs or more. Not an issue with a Newell, but with my small Class A with it's Chrysler Industrial LA360 V8 Gas engine at a gross weight of 10,000lbs without the trailer, I would be dragging my.... well you know, up hills and the like. The places i go to fly this thing tend to be grass fields and not at all conducive to Newell operations! Lighter is better for this kind of thing and the cover+plastic wrap works great.. Even in a ice storm! See photo above
Be seeing you,
Rick Miller
#423
1996, 45'+, Non-slide, Series 60, ABS, 1.5 Bath, Reverse Floorplan