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Trailer Design - Resources?

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Topaz

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Designing a trailerable airplane to fit a specific storage space means designing (or acquiring) a trailer to fit that specific storage space, and then the airplane fits inside of it. This is the "Russian Nesting Dolls" approach to aircraft design. ;)

I'd like to at least sketch out the sort of trailer I want for my motorglider project. If that ends up being a resource to find a trailer someone else has created and is selling, fine, but I suspect I'll end up building a custom trailer as well as a custom airplane. Two projects for the price of one. Yay. However, I'll be the first to admit that I know exactly zero about designing trailers intended for airplanes, or anything else for that matter.

Specific question: Do you know of any design resources for trailers out there in Internet land? Or Bookland? Or "I've done it myself" Land?

What are the critical parameters? What's critical to have, nice to have, who cares if you have it? What's important to avoid?

Mind you, I'm not looking for a website selling really neat airplane trailers; at least not yet. Looking for design resources only, please.
 
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