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2011 Raven Argonette
Posted:
Fri Dec 31, 2010 2:57 pmby mikeschn
mikeschn wrote:Steve_Cox wrote:Mike,
Do you still have the drawings you did of the Raven? It was one of my favorites. Yours was an Americanized version wasn't it?
I'll have to go looking for that...
Mike...
There's some modified midget screenshots in this thread...
http://tnttt.com/viewto ... highlight=
Mike...
Posted:
Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:10 pmby mikeschn
and on the internet, this is pretty much all I can find...
Mike...
Posted:
Fri Dec 31, 2010 3:17 pmby mikeschn
Posted:
Fri Dec 31, 2010 5:04 pmby mikeschn
Here's a bottom view of the Raven model I did. It has a H.F. Trailer with a torsion axle on it.
Mike...
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 8:49 amby mikeschn
I had forgotten how small the Raven Argonette was... The average person can not stand in it...
Mike...
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 9:24 amby mikeschn
Stretching it out to 10 ft helps a lot...
Mike...
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 3:55 pmby Steve_Cox
People were pretty short back then.
The photo with the woman sitting by the trailer really gives perspective to how small that trailer was
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 4:56 pmby mikeschn
Steve_Cox wrote:People were pretty short back then.
The photo with the woman sitting by the trailer really gives perspective to how small that trailer was
Yep on the short...
The tab has a 69" headroom. So I guess a Raven Argonette with 69" headroom would be fairly Americanized!!!
Mike...
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 5:21 pmby Steve_Cox
With Model A 19" wheels, torsion 1/2 axles with 10 degree start angle and a dropped floor leaving 8" of road clearance there could be lottsa (I wonder how much?) head room, and still fit under a standard 7' garage door.
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 6:03 pmby mikeschn
What is the actually clearance under a 7' garage door, in inches, without unlatching the door from the automatic garage door opener?
What's the O.D. of those 19" wheels?
Mike...
Posted:
Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:31 pmby Steve_Cox
mikeschn wrote:What is the actually clearance under a 7' garage door, in inches, without unlatching the door from the automatic garage door opener?
What's the O.D. of those 19" wheels?
Mike...
The 19" wheels with tires have a height of 29". Garage door opener heights and garage door openings may vary. I measured my garage door opening about 15 times while building the gypsy trailer. Measured again just now, 82.5" the door goes above the opening by 4" or so when opened. The open stop limit can be adjusted to stop with the door above the door frame.
Posted:
Sun Jan 02, 2011 3:31 pmby mikeschn
I had to add 2011 to the title, to distinguish it from the older thread with the same title!!!
Mike...
Posted:
Sun Jan 02, 2011 4:34 pmby Steve_Cox
mikeschn wrote:I had to add 2011 to the title, to distinguish it from the older thread with the same title!!!
Mike...
We are starting to repeat ourselves.
There is another Raven thread somewhere in between the two.
Posted:
Sun Jan 02, 2011 5:13 pmby steve smoot
[/quote]We are starting to repeat ourselves.
[/quote]
So, where's the problem
Posted:
Sun Jan 02, 2011 10:33 pmby aggie79
Ever since I saw this profile, I can't get it out of my head.
I especially like the drawings Andrew did of the Raven with the canted front and rear sections (although that detail would be a bear to build.) I envision the sides and portions of front and rear being a woody, with an aluminum or EPDM roof.
I've been given marching orders that #2 will have to incorporate a bathroom (potty in a separate "room" and prefereably a shower). If I can fit that in a stretched version of the Raven, then maybe that is what I will build.
I wonder what a set of wire wheels goes for these days?
Tom
