Don wrote:I was hoping Andrew would put together some plans, but he must be too busy.
Me too (hoping, that is)! The A-liner is a very attractive idea - it's hard to see how you could get standing headroom with less panels. I do worry that, while it can be designed, it might be the sort of thing that would require a prototype to get all the measurements, clearances and tolerances just right. Which is an expensive solution for a one-off.
Don wrote:I wonder how the spring arrangement would be handled for either type. Has anyone thought about this.
This is a photo inside the smallest A-liner (the one that opens mostly at the back end):
That's a crop at the original resolution, so I don't have a better shot. I'm guessing the black blob at the hinge line is the coil of a coil spring, the other end of which pokes down into the body side.
Please post anything else you find as this info will be of use to someone, someday.
Andrew