Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 10:49:13 -0800
Reply-To: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: MONSTER AWNING Prototype Pics on Flickr
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dear jonce
very interesting and ambitious --
i used to be a carpenter-scaffolder (sidelined due to workplace head injury
9 years ago)
anyway ... as i looked at your awning my first thought was wind load--
would i wake up in the morning with my awning in shreds ??
or simply in a tree in new jersey?
what if i got all set up and then had to move 7 feet -- do i have to tear
down and reset?
people like to BBQ and does this cloth have the ability to withstand a
flash-fire from BBQ overflow of oil or fat?
can one woman or child set up the awning with few tools or little mechanical
ability?
can one man who is simply a "driver" set up?
the idea looks very interesting and you clearly have considerable
mechanical/engineer type knowledge and experience...
this is just one article on windload
http://sciencelinks.jp/j-east/article/200224/000020022402A0924406.php
i wish i still had my scaffold books which had several nifty charts for
calculating wind load and weight and all the other stuff one has to consider
when building a scaffold.
good lucj
yours
On Sat, Jan 3, 2009 at 2:20 PM, Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@verizon.net>wrote:
> Hi All
> Well FINALLY I go a semi Nice day here in the Ann Arbor Michigan area.
> SO, I froze my tail off and got some pics of the 1st prototype Wing Awning.
> This Awning is 20 feet front to back and 10 foot projection at this point.
> This is the 1st prototype to figure cut and fit. I wanted it to be 15foot
> projection but it is not possible for proper geometry. You can see the 5
> foot flap hanging
> in the breeze on the pics so just ignore that.
> This was a test on the mounting tube that lays in the gutter and brackets
> along with the basic cut and size. Originally it was 24 ft but had to be cut
> down to
> 20. Cant say I didnt try.
> Please Please Please Look at it. I would love Feedback. I know it doesn't
> look super tight in some areas and the spacing of the poles is wrong. I'm
> Looking
> at the concept and design aspect. Again with Everything else I make There
> is NO Hardware or HOLES to install into the VAN, The way it should be!!
> Also
> Im still playing with pricing and materials to use so I do not have a cost
> yet.
> Would you as a customer want somthing like this??
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/30631788@N04/
>
> Thanks
> Jonce
> Ive also got a Vintage Way COOOOOL awning but has alot of tubing to make it
> work.
> If this link does not work LET ME KNOW. Im not that good at linking.
> Thanks Jonce
>
> Jonce Fancher
>
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> 85 Vanagon Westi Zetec 2.0L DOHC
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>
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>
>
> Jonce Fancher
>
> 56 Single Cab
> 66 Sunroof Bug
> 66 Variant Squareback
> 66 Porsche 912
> 71 Sunroof Bus
> 84 Vanagon "Godfried" 24k Original Miles
> 85 Vanagon Westi Zetec 2.0L DOHC
> 2003 10 Passenger Sprinter
>
> Fancher's Upholstery Inc. - www.fanchers.com
> Not-A-VW Club - http://mywebpages.comcast.net/jaransont3/notavwclub/
> Buses by the Beach - http://www.busesbythebeach.com/
> Full Moon Bus Club - http://www.fullmoonbusclub.com/news.php
>
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Picking up garbage and telling people things.
Successful people do both, with the same good attitude. (riw)
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