Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Silver, great to see the aluminum end caps in place. Nicely done! A question about your choice of material: the original inner skin material is .032. The .019 would presumably be easier to handle. Do you think there would be any problem shaping and installing the "petals" with the thicker material, based on your experience?
Do you plan to use .032 for the main inner skin or stick with a lighter gauge? And how are you approaching the rivet issue? Refastening using the original holes using the old skin as your pattern? Randomingly drilling new holes? Or are you going to replace the old inner skin, the vinyl covered aluminum?
I'm thinking to use mill finish - a satin finish - in .032 from Airparts in Kansas. And I'm leaving the shims in place. The aluminum sheet shows wahwahs and deformities pretty easily. I think it's important to keep things straight and level, in whatever plane you're working in.
I remain impressed with the speed with which you're busting this out.
Onward!
Do you plan to use .032 for the main inner skin or stick with a lighter gauge? And how are you approaching the rivet issue? Refastening using the original holes using the old skin as your pattern? Randomingly drilling new holes? Or are you going to replace the old inner skin, the vinyl covered aluminum?
I'm thinking to use mill finish - a satin finish - in .032 from Airparts in Kansas. And I'm leaving the shims in place. The aluminum sheet shows wahwahs and deformities pretty easily. I think it's important to keep things straight and level, in whatever plane you're working in.
I remain impressed with the speed with which you're busting this out.
Onward!
