New Slogan for a New Design

[Atardis]

The hab door is in a bad place on the back I think, if it has to be there then central would be much much better, Personally, I'd not have one at all as they take up a huge amount of space on the floor and the wall, there are two perfectly good access doors in the cab, we never used the hab door on any van except to load food when shopping, but now it's where my mobility scooter lives.

It's wider than most vans so if other people come and park close to it on both sides while you're away it may be difficult or impossible to get back inside unless you have a door in the back. It may be preferable to have this door to one side if you like to tow something such as a car or a boat. It is also possible to get a bicycle rack that swings to one side so it doesn't block the entrance.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It's wider than most vans so if other people come and park close to it on both sides while you're away it may be difficult or impossible to get back inside unless you have a door in the back. It may be preferable to have this door to one side if you like to tow something such as a car or a boat. It is also possible to get a bicycle rack that swings to one side so it doesn't block the entrance.

Valid points but not really going to happen much, certainly not worth a patent as who is going to copy a design like that, and not worth much anyway as you only need to change it slightly anyway.

 

[Atardis]

Valid points but not really going to happen much, certainly not worth a patent as who is going to copy a design like that, and not worth much anyway as you only need to change it slightly anyway.

All my designs start on the inside and the habitation door just goes where it can be conveniently accessed from the inside.
This latest design is shorter than the previous ones so it will fit in more spaces in car parks between two other vehicles.
But it won't leave much room on either side so it makes more sense to have the habitation door in the back.
I'm not applying for a patent for the location of this door and it has been done many times before.
For example, the 2024 Thor Vegas RUV 25.7 has a rear door on the same side.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

You should post some of these other designs.

 

[trevskoda]

Id like to know what he is on.

 

[Atardis]

Id like to know what he is on.

I'm on my way to building a 17.9' (5.46 m) cybercampervan with 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom using transdimensional engineering.
My older designs are still on my website at atardis.com.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

https://atardis.com/

 

[Robmac]

I'm on my way to building a 17.9' (5.46 m) cybercampervan with 3 bedrooms, living room, kitchen and bathroom using transdimensional engineering.
My older designs are still on my website at atardis.com.

Looks good to me.

Good luck with the latest version.

 

[Atardis]

Looks good to me.

Good luck with the latest version.

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving to everyone even though it's not a holiday in the UK.

 

[Atardis]

Van Mansion

VanMansion Motorhome

vanmansion.com

I would like to build a prototype but still don't know which chassis to use.
I may just ask Grok to analyse this for me

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I thought it would be on the road by now.

 

[Atardis]

I thought it would be on the road by now.

My original design turned out to have some serious problems which I didn't solve until just a few months ago.

 

[Wully]

I don’t want to burt your bubble but.

 

[Atardis]

I don’t want to burt your bubble but.

Thanks. This is shorter than my design but it only has one room behind the cab with no bathroom.

 

[wildebus]

Thanks. This is shorter than my design but it only has one room behind the cab with no bathroom.

there is one other difference though? It exists and you can actually buy it.

 

[Atardis]

there is one other difference though? It exists and you can actually buy it.

I could have kept it a secret until I finish building a prototype and kept people guessing if I was joking or if it could really be done.
There are several fake AI-generated motorhomes on Youtube including Tesla motorhomes starting at around $9,999 and $15,000 !

 

[Pudsey Bear]

Until we see it, we can't judge it in any way. All we've had are a few drawings; I did that, but I have no vehicle to show for it.

My idea of a 7.5t motorhome.

 

[Atardis]

Until we see it, we can't judge it in any way. All we've had are a few drawings; I did that, but I have no vehicle to show for it.

I sent 22 pages of drawings to the patent office but I'm not posting them because I don't want to discuss everything right now.

 

[wildebus]

I sent 22 pages of drawings to the patent office but I'm not posting them because I don't want to discuss everything right now.

It would have to be very specific to get - and defend - a patent on, wouldn't it? I am not sure there is a single motorhome or campervan out there which has a feature that is unique to it. Any nifty idea seems to get copied pretty quickly.

The only thing I can think of which is truely different in the UK market and not seen more widely is the "doubleback", which is a sliding pod that comes out the rear of a VW Transporter to make a bed space. That was taken up later by Danbury but I don't know if they have sold many? And even that is hardly that unusual in the US, where slideouts are very commonplace, including rear ones for beds.

Personally, If I had some kind of amazing unique idea for a camper that the market is dying out for but didn't realise, I would not try to build it and address the technical issues but try and pitch and sell the idea to someone like Thor Industries who would have both the money to pay for it and the technical department to make it happen. To actually prototype a vehicle like you are showing in the pictures which is actually working and is light enough for the UK/EU market would cost a fortune.