Complete obsy from Avalon

[JamesF]

A bargain!  I'll have three.  Do they come in pink?

James

[andy-w-h]

Ouch .. Only worth with a custom Neapolitan paint job methinks or Ferrari red at a push.

[Gina]

Well, I didn't expect them to be cheap

[Scott]

It'd be a pig for visual 

[Gina]

Nice for remote imaging though   Though come to think of it, if that's fully open the sides don't go down very far and could limit low elevation imaging.   Hmmm...  Not so wonderful then - I was expecting better

[Scott]

Hard to see if it would go lower (I would hope it does). I wonder how it anchors or if the mount is independant of the sides? I would imagine there'd be a bit of buffeting in.a bit of wind. For £13k i'd want it to be completely issue free and even then I'd struggle justifying the money. But then again, I don't own a gaggle of high end mounts

[Grotemobile]

You could put it on a trailer,& tow it behind your car. 

Be a good portable, Obsey. Great for star parties.

Now where did I put that spare 13k.

Steve

[Earl]

My Concern with the concept is based upon not been able to see how you get in there to do stuff, there does not seem to be a maintence access point.

[Gonzo]

I would like to see it with my own eyes and get a full demonstration before spending £10k.

[Gina]

I now see why the PA is remote controlled

[Gonzo]

PA won't be problem if you use the link in my signature

[perfrej]

Can't use it much up here anyway in the winter-time. First open after snowfall and you fill the thing up with snow. I like the concept, though, even if it is difficult to make a product that fits many usage scenarios.

Perhaps someone instead should make a bunch of component parts, like roof rails cut to length, flaps actuators etc. Hmmm...

/per

[ollypenrice]

Isn't having a central seal, right over the instruments, a bit optimistic? A twig could blow in and stop it closing, etc.

I feel closed should be closed, no seals, no joints, just one continuous covering surface.

Such a thing could be added, a kind of second 'flysheet' cover layer which would also shift of snow.

Olly

[perfrej]

A full roof that slides off is possible with that general design, no doubt. There may still be some snowfall into the inside, though...

/per

[NickK]

Hmm.. wind proof?

[Gina]

I think it would be better if both halves came off towards the same side then the junction could be arranged to be waterproof more easily.

[Tinker1947]

A 3 section roof would solve the rain ingress, 2 parts going one way and one the other....

[Gina]

I'm hoping this arrangement will work

Roof closed.

Roof open.

[Tinker1947]

Got to be easier than 3 or 4 sections, a lot simpler to open and close......

[NickK]

Problem is.. it doesn't look like a bee hive.. if it was painted white the local coppers will be around thinking you have a radar golf ball in your back garden Gina!

[zillah]

Looks nice but a bit on the expensive side for me. But it's gotten me thinking, how much would one of those big industrial waste bins with the roll over lid set me back..?

[zillah]

I was thinking about buying and modifying one of these:

http://uk.e-catalog.craemer.com/waste-disposal-systems/wheelie-bins-mgb/mgb-1100-l-plastic

[JamesF]

I was thinking about buying and modifying one of these:

http://uk.e-catalog.craemer.com/waste-disposal-systems/wheelie-bins-mgb/mgb-1100-l-plastic

Somewhere, and perhaps even in the DIY section here, I have seen a full-size shed with a roof very much along those lines, balanced by counterweights.  And very neat it looked too.  It's just a shame I can never find the link when I want it

James

[Tinker1947]

Somewhere, and perhaps even in the DIY section here, I have seen a full-size shed with a roof very much along those lines, balanced by counterweights.  And very neat it looked too.  It's just a shame I can never find the link when I want it

James

I remember seen maybe the same shed, i will begin a search.......

[JamesF]

Please do post it if you find it.  I'd love to see the pictures of it again.  I don't particularly want or need to build one like it, but it was a very nicely executed build and an ingenious way of solving the problems that usually beset obsy builders in small family gardens.

All I can remember was that the shed owner had very limited space and not really enough for a roll-off roof, so he'd built a standard type shed with the gables forming an arc at the top rather than coming to a point in an triangle.  Kind of like a traditional train carriage or shepherd's hut shape, if you see what I mean.  The roof was then at least partially supported on counter-weighted timbers that pivoted at the centre of the roof arc, allowing the entire roof to be slid off into quite a small space to one side of the shed (perhaps into a couple of feet of space between the shed and a garden fence?).

James