I would argue that the issue in that experiment is as much the core as it is the skin. The purple foam has pretty poor shear strength and characteristics, that makes for a lot of movement in between the skins, which compromises the integrity of the sandwich.
Im sure my camper has some ability...
I come from the sailing world so keeping things sealed on a land yacht is a welcome challenge.
The key to stiffness with a foam/glass construction is in sandwiching the foam with a laminate on both sides. That will give you a superior strength/stiffness to weight ratio. Also racks up the bill...
Not familiar with PMF, but I would definitely like to build something similar using foam/FRP to replace the heavy plywood. The idea with this one was simple/cheap. Im pretty sure this thing weighs less than 300 lbs, so any lighter would be pretty incredible for the amount of space. I actually...
Hello All,
Thought you guys might take an interest in my little project camper. I started this thing when the Rona hit and have been tripping around in it and continuing to work on it since. I built a pop-up before this, but after a winter ski trip I decided I needed something solid and...
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