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Date:         Sun, 4 Jan 2009 10:49:13 -0800
Reply-To:     Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Roger Whittaker <rogerwhitt1@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: MONSTER AWNING Prototype Pics on Flickr
Comments: To: Jonce Fancher <streetbugs@verizon.net>
In-Reply-To:  <0KCX003ZB21V9B94@vms173003.mailsrvcs.net>
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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 > > 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 > > > > ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== > > > 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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