Pinnacle Campers
Chateau spotter
Interesting article I ran across, testing foam panels in bridge construction.
DIY Composite Flatbed Camper Build
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Yeah it was quite the mud-fest. I have been wanting to do expo west, timing just hasn't allowed. If your ever in the neighborhood, give me a shout.
Thanks for this, very interesting. When I initially thought about drilling and filling the panels, it wasn't concern for delamination. Instead, it was reinforcement for the less dense and less expensive pink XPS foam board. Also by having attachment points between the FRP, you no longer have a "sandwich panel". The various points of connection unify and strengthen the overall structure. I'm by no means an expert on this, just sharing thoughts and experience. Very cool to see the testing in the article.
Pinnacle Campers
Chateau spotter
Your thoughts on this have merit.
Are you familiar with "Dropstitch" inflatable SUPaddleboard design?
Inflatable SUPs Technology: Inflatable Valve Types, etc.
Inflatable SUPs are growing popular among the stand up paddle boarder crowd. Learn about their construction and how to inflate them with specific valve types.
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rruff
Explorer
Interesting. Shame that they didn't say more about the filaments used to reinforce the core.
rruff
Explorer
Blocks, tubes or plates can be inserted into the foam core during construction, thereby giving you an attachment point for "xyz part". This is a common practice in the composites world and is preferable to bonding on a plate after the fact. For a camper, you could use darn near anything that serves your purposes. Just remember to make a drawing showing exactly where the blocks are, measured from a fixed point that is accessible after the camper is completely finished. Ask me how I know.
That is my thinking for the epoxy plugs. Don't know if they'd improve the strength of the core though. Couldn't you use a stud finder to locate them?
I agree on the use of structural foam. It's damned expensive but in the grand scheme of things it's probably worth it.
Lots of good information and ideas. If and when I do another build, I will definitely do it differently.
As for cost. If you were to buy a premade shell/box, it would probably cost you over 10k.
If you were to use the Pink XPS, total material cost would come in around 4k.
So price is not bad and no welding skills needed. If you can measure and cut, YOU CAN DO IT
As for cost. If you were to buy a premade shell/box, it would probably cost you over 10k.
If you were to use the Pink XPS, total material cost would come in around 4k.
So price is not bad and no welding skills needed. If you can measure and cut, YOU CAN DO IT
Thanks much! I'm in Virginia and love to come down after the new year and see your rig up close and pick your brain on the whole build if you're up for a visit.
For sure, shoot me a pm when your ready.
Do u mind sharing what linear actuators u used ?and what size that is
I went with the wireless remote Rieco Titan camper jacks. Each supports 2500 lbs.
Rieco Wireless Remote Controlled Electric Jacks - S018-940007
One button will raise and lower all jacks, or each jack independently or any combination. Features wireless remote control that operates wireless and wired and is the only dual control in the industry.
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We recently did a quick trip to Huntington beach state park. It's near Murrells Inlet just south of Myrtle beach.
While it wasn't an off road adventure and we had to slab sit, it was a nice get away to the beach. Camping and seafood buffet time!
One of the features I like about this size camper, is the ability to traverse city traffic and parking. It's nice being able to jump in the rig and go out
to a restaurant or site see, then come back and camp for the night.
Brookgreen Gardens was an experience of art and nature beautifully combined.
www.brookgreen.org
While it wasn't an off road adventure and we had to slab sit, it was a nice get away to the beach. Camping and seafood buffet time!
One of the features I like about this size camper, is the ability to traverse city traffic and parking. It's nice being able to jump in the rig and go out
to a restaurant or site see, then come back and camp for the night.
Brookgreen Gardens was an experience of art and nature beautifully combined.
Brookgreen | Myrtle Beach Attractions
A must-see Myrtle Beach area attraction, named one of the Top 10 Gardens in the US by TripAdvisor.
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Had a power failure while camping at Red Top Mountain State Park. Before I start pulling things apart, I thought I'd run it by the forum for ideas.
While making my morning cup of coffee "with inverter on for Keurig pulling approx. 180 amps for less than a minute" all battery power shut down.
This has happened before while running 12 volt AC. Last time all it took was a jump start to the 250 amp lithiums and all was good. This time not so much.
The inverter shows a charge at 14.4, but as soon as power is disconected, voltage drops, lingers for a minute or so then goes dark.
Batteries were showing around 80% SOC but voltage dropped to around 10 when it died. I've always had plenty of power to run appliances, however the main difference
on this trip was lack of charge time between morning and night. Just figured as long as the SOC looked good, we had plenty of juice. Best case scenario is a fuse, worst is replacing the batteries. It was my understanding that the Stark lithium battery, similar to battle born had a built in bms that would protect from over and under discharge.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!
While making my morning cup of coffee "with inverter on for Keurig pulling approx. 180 amps for less than a minute" all battery power shut down.
This has happened before while running 12 volt AC. Last time all it took was a jump start to the 250 amp lithiums and all was good. This time not so much.
The inverter shows a charge at 14.4, but as soon as power is disconected, voltage drops, lingers for a minute or so then goes dark.
Batteries were showing around 80% SOC but voltage dropped to around 10 when it died. I've always had plenty of power to run appliances, however the main difference
on this trip was lack of charge time between morning and night. Just figured as long as the SOC looked good, we had plenty of juice. Best case scenario is a fuse, worst is replacing the batteries. It was my understanding that the Stark lithium battery, similar to battle born had a built in bms that would protect from over and under discharge.
Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated!!
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guidolyons
Addicted to Gear Oil
^^^ Yeah, that is definitely looks suspect. Hopefully an easy fix and you keep a few spares on hand.