Hey everyone,
First off, thanks to DD for the help yesterday and the photos! Couldn't have done it without you and its always better shared with a fellow enthusiast.
Have not been to the scale with it yet, but we are pretty sure the whole thing is only around 350-400 lbs. We will see soon.
The interior work will mostly be wood. I am totally sick of working with resins and materials. The interior walls will all be finished in nicer material, so you won't see any of the rough CF and Kevlar.
PODS8 has the engineer's eye of course. He is right, we did not completely cover the inside of the pop-up top with CF. As we went along it became apparent that the strength was phenominal on the 6K CF with just the top layer, that said, we need some on the interior for attachment points and for added strength. How strong is it, you ask? Well we had a really wet snow fall (about 8-9 inches) one night when I had left it out in the driveway. It pilled up on the roof and must have weighed around 400-500 lbs total. The roof didn't even care that it was there. No bowinng, no bending, no nothing. I was terrified at first, then really excited as I unburried it with a shovel. I also have layed on top of it while sanding. Again, no bending or anything. With regard to the windows, there is almost no compression between the interior and exterior sheets. So from a window mounting standpoint, no problem. The vertical wall strength is beyond strong and not at all in question........I guess you have to be here to appreciate the strength of the CF.
I will be getting it back from paint on Friday and will be taking some more pictures and doing a formal post on HookedUpFilms.com soon.
Glad you all are here to support me electronically.
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