HOT Tent Sex!

[jose 0]

Yo, McGyver here to solve your problems.

Your needed supplies are as follows.

1.large ice cooler- sacraficial that is.
2.1 or 1 1/2 inch soft copper tubing, about 20 feet.
3.Foam insulation to cover short section of copper pipe. 1 section will do.
4.12 volt blower. A inflatable mattress blower will do.
5. Adjustable 12-voltage regulator.
6. Enough dry ice to fill chest.
7. 10 feet of auto heater hose whos inside diameter will match the outside diameter of the copper pipe you are using.
Assembly is as follows:

1. Drill 2 holes in ice chest the same diameter as your pipe. 1 at the bottom on the right side and the other near the top on the left side.

2. Take soft copper pipe and snake it back and forth inside the cooler leaving about 4 inches out the intake side and exhaust side. Remember to leave enough room betweeen the sides of the cooler and the copper coil. Also, leave about 1 inch or so of spacing between each corresponding coil as it rises.

3. Connect the blower to the pipe with some 6 inches of heater hose. Wire the leads from the blower to the adjustable voltage regulator and then to your 12 volt battery.

4. Connect the radiator hose to exhaust end and leave enough to snake into your tent. Cover heater hose with the black pipe insulation.

5. Fill cooler with dry ice.

6. Place end of exhaust pipe in tent.

7. Turn on blower and adjust the speed with the voltage regulator. Close all windows and zippers.

8. Go get drunk, pick up a chick, and return to your airconditioned tent and knock the bottom out of her.

Of course, I want to hear my name from her in the throws of passion for having such a killer concept to allow you to get laid without feeling like you need a shower afterwards, (at least from the heat.)

Is this what you were looking for?

[EricaH 0]

Thanks for the lesson in how to make an air conditioner... never thought to use an ice box. that would be the nicest option, if a bit extravigant. i believe the proper thanks would def be made in that situation.

but showers are a good option as well....

oops, guess I don't know Adam Sandler that well.

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[SkymonkeyONE 4]

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Dude, we need to take you to Boys Town

HAHA La zona roja, where boys become men. They would eat him alive

There is no emoticon for HOWLING, so I will just have to sit here and laugh my ass off. Scott hit the nail on the head.

[AndyMan 7]

If we're gonna get this complex... A small window-style airconditioner, small gas generator, a bit of duct work and the required mcGuyver tape would work just as well.

Now that I think about it... that's not such a bad idea.

_Am

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[sunshine 2]

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If we're gonna get this complex... A small window-style airconditioner, small gas generator, a bit of duct work and the required mcGuyver tape would work just as well.

Now that I think about it... that's not such a bad idea.

After all that work, it would've been easier to buy a little camper or something.

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[katiebear21 0]

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If we're gonna get this complex... A small window-style airconditioner, small gas generator, a bit of duct work and the required mcGuyver tape would work just as well.

Now that I think about it... that's not such a bad idea.

After all that work, it would've been easier to buy a little camper or something.

Be sure to post a sign: "If the campie is a rockin', don't come a knockin'!"

Katie
Get your PMS glass necklace here

[craichead 0]

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8. Go get drunk, pick up a chick, and return to your airconditioned tent and knock the bottom out of her.

Yes, I would have to be VERY drunk to pick up a chick and knock the bottom out of her. I guess I would need a strap-on, too, for that matter!

In any case, I'm sure AndyMan would not mind a MFF threesome--with or without air-conditioning. But a very cool (literally) suggestion, nonetheless!

-P

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[jose 0]

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8. Go get drunk, pick up a chick, and return to your airconditioned tent and knock the bottom out of her.

I guess I would need a strap-on, too, for that matter!

Schweeeetttt.........

I did not realize that you were of the female pursuasion.

[jlmiracle 7]

If you have a pea gravel pit - use it, that way that first load can see your body outlines in it.

Judy

Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.

[MattM 0]

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Be sure to post a sign: "If the campie is a rockin', don't come a knockin'!"

i have yet to put that on my camper door....

Matt

[smooth 0]

I don't have much experience in this area but may I suggest :

- simply not zipping the windows & door of the tent ALL the way up.

- east end of the runway
- the Porter or Otter (sometimes I miss the old Twin Beech., if served us well )
- the corn is usually over 7 ft. tall later in the year, makes a nice fence albeit not soundproof.
- make arrangements for one of the camper/motorhomes. They're not always occupied by the owners.

[aufreefly 0]

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If we're gonna get this complex... A small window-style airconditioner, small gas generator, a bit of duct work and the required mcGuyver tape would work just as well.

That would be my recommendation. That was the only way I could get any sleep at quincy. It was way too hot even at night. I think that before I go this year I will get a window A/C unit and attach the dryer tubing. Stick in sleeping bag and enjoy.

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[EricaH 0]

very good suggestions.
gives a whole new meaning to "CORN"

the pea pit idea makes me wish we had one.

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[AndyMan 7]

Yup, that with a little generator like this: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2535608921&category=11771

Should do the trick... The GE 5200 BTU airconditioner I looked up drew 5 amps, which means 750 watts. These small generators say they support 1000 watts peak, or 750 sustained... The GE 5 amps is probably just at startup....

Hmm. Is a cool, comfortable tent worth $300 ?

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[SkyDekker 1,465]

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Hmm. Is a cool, comfortable tent worth $300 ?

If I just spend that in beer, I'll sleep and have fun

[EricaH 0]

I agree & if spent on beer... it's easier to find an "acceptable" place outside the tent

Course Rantol may be a different story...

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[SkyDekker 1,465]

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I agree & if spent on beer... it's easier to find an "acceptable" place outside the tent

At the end of $300 any old place will be acceptable for me

[Guest]

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I agree & if spent on beer... it's easier to find an "acceptable" place outside the tent

Course Rantol may be a different story...

The first to do it in the B-52 mockup or down in the missile silo will win a prize!!!

"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[craichead 0]

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the pea pit idea makes me wish we had one.

I dunno...after AndyMan and I saw the DZOs wife taking a piss on the old pea gravel mound, I wouldn't want to have sex there!

-P

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[kansasskydiver 0]

hahah one thing to add to this.

when camping out at the dz during a boogie keep in mind that you are close to other tents so:

a)when having phone sex, be polite to others trying to sleep. other people can hear you

b) when doing it during the day in your tent. be sure your friends don't take the poles out, take off the rain tarp and then leave you naked under the mesh... looked like they had a really hard time finding their clothes hahah

oh the holiday boogie was a blast

<--- See look, pink dolphins DO exist!

[EricaH 0]

Not in the pea pile....AAAGGGGHHHH - NOOOO. Oh, well.... perhaps the corn will grow fast... before I leave

it's the whole day/heat/people around (& sober) part that's the issue. night time's no problem.

There is no can't. Only lack of knowledge or fear. Only you can fix your fear.

PMS #227 (just like the TV show)

[Guest]

Like it - only 3 (three) problems I can see:

1) If there is a leak, you run the risk of pumping pure CO2 into your tent. I can see the Headline now: "Skydivers asphyxiated in tent at WFFC - Homebrew air conditioner to blame, officials say"

2) CO2 is expensive! And it can be difficult to handle. Not only that, but since the USAF left Rantoul, dry ice is going to be hard to come by in the immediate vicinity (I was thinking of using a CO2 extinguisher to "charge" the box from time to time).

3) The air in Illinois is deadly humid. Without a means of extracting water vapor from the air prior to ingestion, the tubing will ice up like a 182 at altitude with the carb heat off. It might be possible to fabricate some kind of accumulator / evaporator / sump, but now it's getting too complicated, in my opinion.

Billvon described an H2O ice-cooled air chiller recently. This would be a lot more cost-effective; there wouldn't be a danger of CO2 buildup, you can get the main element at the on-site store, and it won't ice up and block the tubing; however, with an open-loop system as described, you will need a means of disposing of the condensation that will accumulate in the system.

Too bad dry ice is so expensive and unusual; a CO2-chilled system would be schweet!

A dual-box heat exchanger / chiller system might be better; that is, using a closed-loop system like a real air conditioning unit, but substituting chilled water (or ethylene glycol [automotive anti-freeze]) for Freon. You'd need a 12v water pump in addition to a fan, but it would cool a larger area faster than the open-loop CO2 method described.

One cooler has the ice and some coiled copper tubing, the other has coiled tubing but has a blower running through it. Chilled water is pumped from cooler #1 (which contains ice and water) over to the coils in #2, where the blower pushes air across the coils and into your tent. The water in the tubing, warmed by picking up ambient heat on its trip through the coils in cooler #2, is pumped back over to cooler 1, where it dissipates its collected heat into the ice water, and begins again. Cooler #2 also acts as an accumulator / sump, collecting the condensation that forms on the chilled coils as the humid air passes over it. Note: this will also serve to de-humidify the incoming air somewhat - a double bonus!

The other remark is that a 12v blower can be regulated with a variable resistor; just be sure to get one that can handle the load. An elegant solution would be to cobble up an electronic speed controller from power SCRs or better yet, pick up a controller from a hobby shop. Charge the (20Ah min) battery from an outlet somewhere while you're jumping, then just hook it back up, dump the ice in, and enjoy.
I grant you, this is a lot of trouble to go to, but it's cheaper than getting a generator and a portable A/C unit. Also, your friends in the tent city won't want to kill you for running your generator all night.

Perhaps modifying a propane-powered refrigeration unit for an RV or camper would be even more effective; but again, you're dealing with hazards (explosion is obvious, but natural gas is heavier than air and tents are on the ground - asphyxiation again - )

Can y'all tell that this topic is really pushing my geek button?

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"The mouse does not know life until it is in the mouth of the cat."

[EricaH 0]

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Can y'all tell that this topic is really pushing my geek button?

[Guest]

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Can y'all tell that this topic is really pushing my geek button?

um, yah - put a little thought into it did ya?

do you have any more simple suggestions that do not involve such elegant gadgetry?

[nathaniel 0]

I think I'm with Erica on this one, screw^Wskip the tent and go for corn, way far out in the corn far away from the tents with potentially me in them



nathaniel

My advice is to do what your parents did; get a job, sir. The bums will always lose. Do you hear me, Lebowski?