Solar Panels- Another Step Toward Independence

Agreed on the tilting panels, unless you are planning on staying in one location for a long time, it is unlikely that you will end up tilting them. Easier to add more panels than dealing with tilting.

On closer inspection, are your mounting brackets covering some of your solar cells? If so this can have a surprisingly large impact - reducing the current from ALL the cells in that string. It may be worth getting some narrower extrusions.