2016 NL Delamination
I purchased my 2016 NL QCSE in April 2015 and recently noticed a bulge forming on the starboard side wing just below the cab over - see below. Since this rig is less than a year old even by i...
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Joe417 wrote:
I've been interested in both the NL 10-2 and BF 10.4, so are you saying that the structure of the fiberglass does not support itself? It requires being bonded to the polystyrene and interior paneling to support the structure of the camper?
I understand how strong stress skin panels are. I've worked on a few. I had a Palomino 8801 that was made that way. Very strong, but the glass was only 1/16" thick and it had an aluminum frame around the edge of each panel.
I thought that both BF and NL were made like a boat, which has a few frames and the transom glassed into the hull but most of the strength in the thickness of the molded fiberglass which is a factor of only fiberglass lamination.
Correct for most if not all structure ridgedness of the camper.
On the Bf the corners are concentrated with fiberglass strands and quite structurally sound.
The weakness that is obvious is in the spans, not corners.
The spans are enforced by the sandwiched foam...
Both campers survive very well under these conditions but there are the few that do not
Why?
Any flexing is subject to stressing of the foam to fiberglass bond....
So the twisting of the camper in any way will stress that bond, SAME as a wood metal structure... so what gives?
A Class B motorhome may be a real comparison...
Chassis flex/ twist.. Not a problem
Camper twist flex a problem
Why is the camper flex twist a problem....
Probably deals with how we elect to hold our campers to the frame...
Jim
