Alabama Jasper

[Rodman]

I wanted to introduce myself. I am a flight instructor I like to travel around to teach people to fly. I currently own a popup. After my purchase in December of a new car I have found myself wanting to down grade to a smaller unit.

I am not sure if I want to build a Teardrop or box type small camper. My car is a Hyundai Accent so yes its small. Also where can I buy some large plans to blow up for the sides as a template?

Rodman

[Roly Nelson]

Hello, fellow pilot, Jasper. Welcome to the forum, you have come to the right place for teardrop building informatio. Prior to my first teardrop build, I obtained a 4x8 cardboard section, cut out of an old TV shipping carton. Following my preliminary scaled down sketches of my favorite shapes, (found in the Hall of Fame section), I transfered the shape I liked best onto the cardboard, cut out the profile with a utility knife, nailed it on to the garage wall interior, added a cardboard wheel and fender, plus a proper sized door, complete with duct tape hinge. Believe me, changing sizes and shapes on the cardboard cut-out, is less trouble and less costly than re-cutting the wooden sides. This worked for me, and I knew nothing about wheel placement, tongue length or attatchment to the trailer frame, which was readilly available here on the forum.

Give that a try, make the trailer of your dreams, a one-of-a-kind, that was designed right in your own head. Now, just lower the nose a little, hold that wing lower on the windy side, cross-control a bit to maintain proper runway alignment, hold it off-hold it off and touch her down right on the numbers.......Just like all good pilots do, right? Why isn't anyone watching when we squeak it on?
Roly, the li'l ol' woody teardrop designer, builder and user in So Calif. (fly on over and see me, I need some dual)

[tony.latham]

Take a look at the Design Resources at the top of the forum.

I'm a big proponent of Steve Fredricks's Teardrop Shop manual. But it doesn't have templates that I recall: http://www.campingclassics.com/shopman05.html

And keep your airspeed up.

Tony