Inspriation

The desire to build a canopy camper came from using the build from Project F150 with a truck cap and a roof top tent. This setup worked great for camping with our family and several hunting trips. It worked in the heat of September elk season and January duck hunting in New Mexico. However, there were some limitations found to this setup. There is nowhere to hang out when in the elements (rain, snow, heat). You’re either outside or in the tent going to bed. We decided it would be great to have a place to kick your feet up and relax after a long day of hiking, and thus, the canopy camper idea came about.

There are some great solutions for off-the-shelf canopy campers. GFC, Super Pacfic, Dirtbox, Overland Vehicle Systems, and many more. While these solutions all have products for the Gen 3 Raptor, we wanted to see if we can design a camper that fits the body lines better, is ligher-weight, and takes the best from all the current products into one solution.

We started designing our camper in Fusion 360 for easy integration into the CAM software for our CNC plasma table. Aluminum is heavily leveraged for the hardware. All our structural members in the fuselage frame are box beam construction and use aluminum rivets and welds to secure the frame together.