Yesterday I couldn't get out of bed, and resolve never to design or patent anything ever again but rather to draw on the inventory of a lifetime with whatever time remains.
From hereon it has to be about getting out and having fun with what we've got, so I impose a design freeze after satisfying myself that this is something anyone can make.
I'm under no illusions that what while individuals can set balls rolling, nothing can be achieved at scale without teams ~ the best comprising strangers you've never met but who volunteer without needing to be volunteered.
Accordingly the outline above is as simple as it gets, and can be constructed with off-the-shelf material from DIY stores or else with carbon-fibre tubes and sheet joined with stock connectors.
The prototype here is foreshortened to 6' for indoors, but otherwise is based on 2' x 4' ply sheet and timber spars of regular dimensions.
A prosperous New Year to all of my readers, although I loathe forcible revelry myself.
