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WestWardHo


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What an interesting concept! Prototype only so far but will be in production by the end of the year. Already taking orders and will customize as much or as little as you want. Floorplan and interior pictures to be on the website in the next couple of days. 

MSRP for the 5th wheels will be $170,000 to $770,000.

GCTRV.com

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Awesome idea, now mass produce it to lower costs.  I wonder how long before other mfr's get on board with this type of weightsaving. 

Early adopters.... get in linebiggrin 



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Wonder how radios will work in it. Carbon fiber will block most radio signals, so an external antenna will be necessary. That would presumably include cell phone and wi-fi. On the other hand, when we were looking at Airstreams I wondered about the same thing. I checked how many bars of service I had outside, then went into the trailer and checked again. Same as outside. The salesman, who was also a ham, said that there were enough openings that cell phone service wouldn't be cut by much. Might be something to check on for those who will be traveling near the fringes of their cell phone service.

Wasn't the Vantage similar, but fiberglass instead of cf?

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Sounds like carbon fiber hats would work better than tin foil hats to block "the voices".

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Bill.....if your looking for an investor on that one I might want in on it !!!!!!!!biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin



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Carbon fiber panels will also conduct current- electricity. Built a couple of dashes for race cars and boats out of carbon fiber. Light weight but very expensive, and hard to repair. They may use a carbon "Look" material, but I doubt there will be a carbon fiber built RV.
Just look at how expensive a racing Bicycle is, much less the wings of the new Boeing 777 that are carbon and other laminates.
Last time I bought a roll of material, for a 60' by 50" that had a weight of 12 oz per square yard, it was around $4500 a roll. That's enough to do 1 layer on 1 side of the camper. Multiple layers 2-3 are needed for any strength that would be consistent with the structure as its already engineered.

 

Edited to add.. How many AC's will it take to cool a Black skinned RV in say Nebraska in the summer?



-- Edited by Alie and Jims Carrilite on Wednesday 26th of March 2014 07:04:34 PM

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I wish them luck in this new venture.

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Bill, yer killin' me! LOL



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Ahhhh . . looking at the website, there's no floor plans or anything at all about the interior. Great looking exterior and style, but can't see any slides or details that would tell you what's inside. Looks more like a VERY premature launch!

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WestWardHo


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They told me to keep checking their website photos to be on in a day or two, only a prototype was built so far but initial response has been outstanding. It'll be interesting to follow.

Sherry

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What was the suggested on a TT, I wonder.

While nice and all but pretty darned pricey!


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Darn that is cool.
I'll buy one with my lottery winnings. wink 



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They have few more pix of their trailer on their site. No floorplan  or pricing yet.

here's the link..http://gctrv.com/. 

 



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