Thought y'all might get a kick out of this one. Two stories, bathtub and a deck.
http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~gyo/English/index.htm
http://www1.ttcn.ne.jp/~gyo/English/index.htm
ThomD said:How did they get away with French Doors? I'd guess they stayed on mostly smooth road, or the would be a risk of the whole thing twisting. That gets back to maybe they just over engineered it all.
I like the use of air shocks to raise it. I know absolutely nothing about compressed air systems, but I would have been concerned about how heavy the roof was. What's the practical limit on air shock loads? Did they have a positive lock in the up position? I'd hate to get a leak somewhere and have the roof slowly sink while I was asleep.
astn said:Regarding positive lock, it appeared to me that when the wall flips up to complete the room that it would support the weight of the roof (either by design or if the pneumatics were to fail, I don't know.)
It's a brilliant design, in my opinion. I'm not sure that it's the way I would go, but it exemplifies out of the box thinking.
Austin
ThomD said:I'd guess they stayed on mostly smooth road, or there would be a risk of the whole thing twisting.
ThomD said:Are there mosquitoes in Japan?