Optimized Winter Warrior O.W.W. OWW

[wlivesey]

My gas springs are mounted on the inside. I like how they are protected from the elements that way. They push up against the ceiling instead of the bottom of the wall. The bottom of the spring is mounted at the top of the lower wall. Does that make sense?

Here is a picture from my album. It's not the best but I think you'll get the idea.

The wife and I are enjoying our ww right now!

[mikeschn]

I like that Bill. I think I'll move my gas springs inside!!!

Thanks!

Mike...

P.S. Which model number did you use?

[RAYVILLIAN]

I'm putting mine on the inside also once I figure out how long to get them. Bill how long are the one you have both extended and closed and what lifting weight did you get?
Gary

[wlivesey]

I'm putting mine on the inside also once I figure out how long to get them. Bill how long are the one you have both extended and closed and what lifting weight did you get?
Gary

My gas springs are about 27 inches extended and about 18 inches closed. They are 150lbs each but I'd like to upgrade them to about 175lbs each. My hatch is easy to lift but it doesn't raise on it's own right now. It's not a problem but would be nice if they had a little more lifting power. I'll see if I can find where I ordered them from and post a link.

[mikeschn]

I posted these in a thread for Russ the other day... I figured I'd better post them here where they belong.

Here's the beginnings of a scale model I am working on to verify that this is what we want to build...









Mike...

[mikeschn]

I'd had the wheels on my todo list for a while now. I decided this morning to actually make sawdust...









The design seems a little low, I'm going to have to pull up my CAD model and see if that's what I really intended!

Mike...

[YuGun]

Wow!!!!!
Ä°t seen come out of the fantastic films,
Really impressive design. Ä° like it.
Otherwise CNC modelling really wonderful,
And as a basic amoteur modeller i jealous about it,
Can you share about it?

[bve]

Cool model Mike, made even more cool given you appear to be using your home made CNC.

Thinking back to Doug's Nomad build thread I'm thinking you may want to revise the wheel well openings (if the height is as planned) it looks like it will be tough to change a tire as it sits.

Did you ever decide on the width? Looks as though you are going with 5'.

[mikeschn]

Actually, I broke down and replaced my homemade CNC router with another hobbyist CNC router.

My CNC router was so slow, due mainly to the lead screws I was using, 1/4-20 screw thread. The new one uses 5 tpi! Rapids up to 220 IPM are possible. Check out these wicked threads...


If you want to read more about it, you can check it out here...

http://www.probotix.com/FireBall_v90_cnc_router_kit/

Mike...

[bdosborn]

I've been lurking over at an Australian offroad camper building site. This front end design seems to be popular with the home build guys.





Gary - Your trailer front end is shaped like this too, does it help with drag?



I wonder if a tongue box shaped like this would improve mileage on the wider trailers?

Bruce

[mikeschn]

Wow, that's one heck of a front end. Might as well be a rocket!!!

Mike...

[RAYVILLIAN]

Bruce the front end definitely helps with the drag and MPG. Pulling the old Warrior which is 5' wide and 10' long the best I've gotten MPG wise is 15.5 to 16. With the new one which is heavier 6' wide and 14' long total I've gotten 17.5 MPG on one tank. I'm guessing I"m getting about 1.5MPg better with the new trailer.

Gary

Where is this Australian offroad camper site I like those designs?

[bdosborn]

Where is this Australian offroad camper site I like those designs?

http://myswag.org/forum/

I like this build the best:

http://myswag.org/forum/index.php?topic=6359.0

Bruce

[mikeschn]

I guess I'll have to do some more optimizing eh? Especially on the front end.

Mike...

[mikeschn]

Bruce,

Do you remember which thread you saw these builds in?

Mike...