Alto Winter Warrior now with plans

[starleen2]

At least the interior wall would brace and prevent a drawing in of the wall if a raising mechanism was used.

[Trackstriper]

Quick question. The curbside door opens outward, as it seems to do on most camping trailers. Could the door open to the inside (without being a dutch door) and be wholly functional with the hatch down? Is there a safety issue with an inward opening door when it is your primary exit? Is there a problem with sealing out the elements. Curious.

Bruce

[mikeschn]

Ageless,

I was looking at that on Sunday too. Originally I brought the hatch up 16 degrees to give maximum headroom throughout most of the trailer. Now that the floorplan is done, we could probably raise the hatch only 8 degrees, and have plenty of space. Something to think about next time I fire up the cad program!

Bruce,

I don't see any reason why the door couldn't swing in.

Mike...

All in all; an excellent design. However, in the back of my mind echoes the question . . . . .why all the headroom above the sleeping area?

I'm not young enough for those types of 'activities'

[starleen2]

Ageless,

I was looking at that on Sunday too. Originally I brought the hatch up 16 degrees to give maximum headroom throughout most of the trailer. Now that the floorplan is done, we could probably raise the hatch only 8 degrees, and have plenty of space. Something to think about next time I fire up the cad program!

And perhaps remove the troublesome triangles?

[starleen2]

Hey mike, you did a little chanin' of the floor plan? Could you please post the new layout pretty please?

[mikeschn]

What do you mean "layout"? You want to see a drawing, a photo, or a .skp file?

Mike...

[mikeschn]

To put thinks into better perspective, I asked Elsa if she would model for us. She said, "Sure, no problem!" So here's Elsa modeling in the Alto WW. BTW, Elsa is 5'6" tall.

Here's Elsa standing in the dining area...


and here she's sitting on the bed...


she tried standing next to the bed, on that raised platform, but that didn't work. She was too tall.


In fact, she had to duck to get into and out of the bathroom too!


But stretching out in the queen sized bed was not a problem!


Mike...

[laoutdoorsman]

man..there's a joke in there somewhere just waiting to come out...lol

[Ageless]

Well Mike . . . .

Elsa ain't doin nuttin else until the roof is on and the curtains are drawn

[John T. Hodgen]

ageless,
ur 2
Til later by the fire--John T. & Linda

[doris s.]

Looks like Elsa needs a kitchen. She is ready with that apron. What's cookin'?

Doris

[mikeschn]

Looks like Elsa needs a kitchen. She is ready with that apron. What's cookin'?

Doris

Right you are... maybe I'll work on a kitchen for Elsa this weekend. Maybe a dinette too...

But of course that could get all derailed, if I start a new model, with the floorplan reversed so the bathroom is in the back where the ceiling is really high, and the bed is in the front where the ceiling is kinda low. That immediately causes two problems though...

1) The door would have to be behind the wheel.
2) I can't open the door with the hatch down


Mike...

[mikeschn]

I reversed the floor plan, and left the door in front of the wheel. The only way to make it work, was to pull the bed forward a bit. I don't even want to say how long this. It's not tiny anymore...



Mike...

[RAYVILLIAN]

Looks like if you go 78"wide and run the bed cross wise you can shorten it back up and have the door in the galley area instead of the bed room.

Gary

[rrawlings]

Today I spent about an hour with the CNC operator to have him finish laying out the best use of sheets of 9 ply 3/4" birch for my wall and roof parts. With any luck the assembly will start this weekend. The curves of the roof and sides will be birch ply and the balance will be poplar. This is starting to feel more real.