I will definitely be in Lynden tomorrow night. I am so glad;D;D
To have my orientation tomorrow. We'll be having a mini celebration rally!
(should have printed it off)If you mean the rearmost curbside window... I don't think there's a difference. The two images Donna showed are not to the same scale, so it's hard to judge by viewing them together. I opened them both in photo editors, and in both cases with window length appears to be twice the wheel diameter (or 30").
Too bad.
As we are in the pickle to decide old or new version, I would like to see specs, standard features and option lists from old and new version listed beside each other to compare. It's very nice ETI put on the new one right away, but now the old is gone
Just wondering , looks like the awning will hold water . How do you tilt it on one side ? We use those clappers for holding awning in light breezes ? PatDometic 9500 Power Case Awning
This design is typically found on high-end Class A motorhomes and custom RVs and specialty vehicles. The biggest one I've seen was on the side of an IndyCar team transporter, running most of the length of the trailer and extending over the entire width of the service area beside it - at least 3 metres (10 feet).
The supports for the new awning are metal - they're just horizontal, rather than vertical or angled down from the outer edge of the awning to the bottom of the trailer.
The supporting arms are not immediately apparent, but you can see them under the fabric. They fold horizontally, instead of telescoping or folding down. Dometic's online descriptions are lousy, but the beginning of the video posted by Camping World shows the arms pretty clearly.
The arms need to be really substantial, as would any beam only a few centimetres (inches) high reaching out that far; the 16-foot version of this awning (assuming I've found the right one) weighs 46 kg (102 lb)... this one is shorter and so lighter, but it's still a substantial chunk of hardware... presumably at least 36 kg or 78 lb.
This is certainly a major change! Reace, the mounting recess is apparent, but what did you need to go in the body structure to handle the forces on the awning mounting area? The weight of the awning (and vertical loads due to winds) multiplied by the long lever arm of the awning extension is a lot of torque. I've never seen this type of awning on a fiberglass shell structure like this.
The previous awning design required bending of the awning arms to follow the curved side of the trailer. Some other awning designs were impractical due to that curve. It's interesting that an awning that is not affected by curved walls is introduced at the same time as flat trailer sides.
It is apparently about the same height, but who knows if it is exactly the same? The Specifications page probably hasn't been updated, and any individual spec may or may not have changed. The ends look the same so the body length presumably hasn't changed, but the roof profile definitely has changed so the height might be different.All I really care about is that it's not any taller. Any taller and it would require major changes to my garage, instead of the realitivly minor ones we had planned to fit the classic.
It slopes down toward the outside edge; Dometic says the tilt angle is adjustable (5 degrees to 15 degrees, if I recall correctly). The support arms are close to the fabric, so might tend to support the fabric in wet conditions, but I haven't seen one shedding a rainfall. I assume that the only way to tilt one corner down would be to tilt the two support arms differently, but I don't know if this is practical to do, and I would guess not.
