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My only concern would be about the durability of the springs. They will be under a lot of shear load. I might consider the same airbags used for truck suspension as they are designed to take that kind of load. You also have to allow room for full compressibility and make sure you don't have a...

Nice. Can you tell me how thick the skin is? I have thought of this construction method. Also any idea about the base load bearing structure of the camper?

interesting. So the skin is holding the structure in place. Is there any framing up around the round portion of the trailer up front or is it basically all just riveted sheet together? Also what is the thickness of the skin if you have the ability to measure it somewhere? I have debated this...

Would it be possible for me to impose on you to take some closeup pictures of where the joints are such as the beams that hold the windows and the skin rivet work. I am very interested on how they made connections, especially any connection that connects two C channels.

I have to say I love the construction techniques used in the avion and they are 50+ years old and still going. That says a lot. What is the wall thickness of the C channel and are the members welded together or riveted? Thanks a bunch.

what composite panels did you use? How much were they? Where did you source them? And can they follow around curved corners (would like to make my camper a bit more aerodynamic.

Nice! :) Yeah I am looking at the frame pictures I can find online and it seems like a house framer was put on wheels. I don't believe that is entirely appropriate to creating durable vehicles, off road or otherwise.

Well fortunately I have some skills in welding and blacksmithing I can call on. I am now planning on making something akin to a space frame as the main frame of the trailer. Basically this means that everything is triangulated such that all forces in the trailer are either in tension or...

Well I am still working on a design for the frame that will be easily constructible and yet still have the strength and flex to do the job right. I am considering a number of construction ideas from space frame based to standard aircraft rib and skin. I don't really have the plans set at this...

Since I conceived my project of building my own expedition 4WD camper from scratch, there have been a parade of people on several forums implying that I should just buy a camper from a retailer; asking why bother. Well, I will answer why bother and I hope its not too much of a rant. :) Ok, I...

Greetings, I am new to this forum and was referred here from a metalworking site so I hope you will excuse any silly questions. I am in the planning stages of building a truck camper to slide into my 2011 F250 Powerstroke Short Bed. I have arrived At the conclusion that I need to build after...