MrG
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Ok I have been trying of figure out a way to add shade to the rear loungers on my Q. The back lounge chairs get very little use because 1/2 the time it's just so Hot under the direct sun that im way happyer under the Bimini.
When I first thought of this Idea I thought it would be cool to encorprate a motorized awning that retracted in and out. I looked into RV awnings and they have 12v Awnings that would work perfict. The problem's I saw were. #1 I would need to make a Tower that held the awning (not that big of a deal) But I couldn't get over the look it would create. I did some drawings and the rear section of the factory Bimini has a nice curve. The motorized awning is of corse straight or flat. So where the motorized awning mounted up against the stock biming it would look kind of funky.Round Vs Flat. Im not sure I was able to be ok with the way it looked. So I pretty much junked that idea! But here are some of my Ideas / crude drawings . The Red is the Tower I was thinking.
Here is a drawing of the Tower. It would mount to the rub rail and be removable with 4 pins.
THere is a drawing of the underside of the motorized awning It would mount to the tower and this is what it would look like #1 Pic is of the awning opening and the #2 drawing is of it closed. This is what it would look like if you were in the loungers looking up.
When I first thought of this Idea I thought it would be cool to encorprate a motorized awning that retracted in and out. I looked into RV awnings and they have 12v Awnings that would work perfict. The problem's I saw were. #1 I would need to make a Tower that held the awning (not that big of a deal) But I couldn't get over the look it would create. I did some drawings and the rear section of the factory Bimini has a nice curve. The motorized awning is of corse straight or flat. So where the motorized awning mounted up against the stock biming it would look kind of funky.Round Vs Flat. Im not sure I was able to be ok with the way it looked. So I pretty much junked that idea! But here are some of my Ideas / crude drawings . The Red is the Tower I was thinking.

Here is a drawing of the Tower. It would mount to the rub rail and be removable with 4 pins.

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