Dymaxion Aeropod

[freebeard]

I try to keep my wants and my satisfaction in alignment, but...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_helicopter

It'd be nice to be able to berth in a marina.

[slowmover]

Boys, I live in an aluminum monocoque shell. Takes serious insulation, one, and the continuous curve makes for difficulty in building living area. Bath, kitchen, etc. I'd exnay the aircraft. Make it the entryway or something. An affectation.

Silo style makes more sense.

[slowmover]

Originally Posted by freebeard

I try to keep my wants and my satisfaction in alignment, but...


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphibious_helicopter

It'd be nice to be able to berth in a marina.

Someone modded a Sikorsky into a camper a few years back. Land on the remote beach was the idea.

Alternatively, for water life, Dmitry Orlov is doing some interesting stuff.

[freebeard]

Boys, I live in an aluminum monocoque shell.

So do I! R-license park model. But, being an off-brand, it has fiberglass end caps.

Sold: 1983 Silver Streak 3411

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Alternatively, for water life, Dmitry Orlov is doing some interesting stuff.

Dmitry Orlov may refer to:
Dmitry Orlov (ice hockey), Russian professional ice hockey player
Dmitry Orlov (writer), Russian-American engineer and a writer
Dmitry Moor, born Dmitry Stakhievich Orlov, Russian artist noted for his propaganda posters

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

Aluminium may still be a good option for the structure, while composite materials (not just fiberglass) are more suitable for the enclosures because of the enhanced thermal comfort. At least one Brazilian company developed a project to make prefab home assemblies out of fiberglass about 10 or 15 years ago, but it didn't succeed.

[freebeard]

In the case of Mobile Industrial (Santa Fe Springs, CA), they didn't have a means of deep-drawing the aluminum sheet; so they went with fiberglass similar to the Airstream Argosy that used painted steel end caps.

I just wish they'd used fiberglass for the shower stall. A square-cornered aluminum box doesn't drain well. I have a fiberglass stall to replace it but it will require some modifications. A steel kitchen cabinet to replace the plywood one come first. I should post here if anything happens.

...prefab home assemblies...

Buckminster Fuller's sparkling Fly's Eye Dome unveiled in Miami | Inhabitat - Green Design, Innovation, Architecture, Green Building

Each [identical] fiberglass part has three curved edges in tangent and three short curved edges in the normal direction.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

That dome looks quite weird.

[freebeard]

To the non-compound eye?

It's really quite brilliant. One repetitive piece that forms a gutter at any orientation that can be carried by one worker. The circular openings can be covered various ways:
acrylic bubbles
stretched drum-heads
inflatable tentacles

Consider Ernst Haekel:





https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Kunstformen_der_Natur

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I didn't deny it was a clever design, just somewhat unattractive to my rather conservative tastes.

[freebeard]

I'm partial to the idea of dark, brooding, Gothic geodesic domes.