Hi, we should definitely call it the H2 and get it up on Appropedia forthwith - I think quite a lot of people might take a crack at building one of these for Burning Man - the people who *really* don't want to be in a tent, but also find the H12 or the 6' Stretch a bit ambitious for a first try.
It's really a great design, and we should let people know! Thank you! Vinay On Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:44:04 AM UTC+1, Jared wrote: > > I'm preparing for my first trip to Black Rock City. Burners who sleep in > tents often talk about having a separate gear tent. That got me thinking > that with current hexayurt + swamp cooler designs, you're using a lot of > energy cooling empty space and gear. Although I'm sure it's nice to be able > to offer cool hang-out space, I'm going to be hitching a ride with someone > and I'd like to minimize the materials I'm bringing. > > I've developed a design for a shelter made out of two polyiso panels that > has *just enough* space for sleeping and nothing more. A shelter made out > of two 48x96 inch walls and a 48x96" floor of some other material produces > an equilateral prism with cut ends that is 41" high - larger in every > dimension than most single person tents. For example, the Big Agnes > Seedhouse > SL1<https://www.bigagnes.com/Products/Detail/Tent/SeedhouseSL12012>is one of > the largest tents sold as 1-person: it has a 43x90" floor and a > peak height (at a single point) of 38". It's larger than the 39×80" > mattress that I often slept on with my girlfriend in university residence. > > > <https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-aCM3qwWn4V4/T-pSSZBK-DI/AAAAAAAAA5w/QCfRLMwOuDE/s1600/Hexayurt+H2.png> > > Obviously polyiso is a bad material for the floor, so my next step is to > look into semi-rigid plastic sheets. A tarp with wood boards at each end is > another option or even a sheet of plywood. My plan is to make it > semi-folding, and install a small swamp cooler at one end and a furnace > filter in the other. > > Do you see any issues with this design? > > Thank you, > Jared > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "hexayurt" group. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/hexayurt/-/cdmwTN7zvCUJ. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/hexayurt?hl=en.
