This video is bordering on national broadcast level production quality. Your efforts in this regard are certainly noticed! Although, I also enjoy the lower-effort around the local village shorts and other clips just as much. Thanks for sharing your skills and adventures!
I hope he never goes to University as that is where individual thought and creativity go to die. Hence the reason why there is no equivalent in University today.
This feels a lot like you've been hired to design, build and test a system for an overland rig builder. I've been jealous of your skillz for a while, but this is next level.
You beat me to it. Jezzzzzus... Next week, I'm looking forward to your video on Neurosurgery. A skill I'm sure you have but haven't wanted to share with us yet. :)
I know that I'm not amazing at coming up with names, but there is no way I could possibly come up with a better name than "Octo Sphincter 8000". Pure genius.
I don't think it's just Blynk that are going to be taking your hard work and design and monetizing it for themselves. You've built a lot of people's dream rig. Always impressed by the level of detail in the work and design. Keep on keepin on.
Your ability to research and invent complex stuff is blowing my mind every time I come across one of your videos. 🤯 We need a video on your strategies, what do you use for research and what to do to be like you! Please make one!
Your IQ has to be off the charts! I've never seen anyone with your level of design, engineering, fabrication, applied computer skills, presentation, editing, humor, and cross-industry knowledge.
Glad that you are able to make all these adjustments to make the truck ride better. Even a tiny improvement is a BIG improvement because you live in the truck and use it everyday. It's a worthwhile investment of time, money and effort.
This is amazing and inspiring. It’s getting my 10 year old daughter (and my younger self) inspired to get to building out our overland rig. Thank you so much for sharing all this! It lets me live vicarious while putting my own plans together and gives me ideas about how we approach our build
Home assistant would be the current opensource project to support as you move on from that nightmare of a company. I have been running it for over a year now as a test for my stepvan build where it will be a core component.
Instead of Power Factor Correction we now have Pucker Factor Correction. 🙂 Your production levels continue to improve, professional quality. Thank you for putting that together. (Just upgraded my membership.) This video scratched several itches for me: automotive design and fabrication, clever coding, wonderful examples of practical application, and just-for-the-fun-of-it uses.
If the world aligned with quality of information and the quality of presentation, that found here, we'd be living in a world where potential met actualization
This is awesome, educational, and entertaining! Side note, my girlfriend coined the term “Comfort Engineer” for doing these kinds of upgrades to our camper van 😂
Such an simple explanation of a highly engineered setup, as someone in the comments rightly said, this gentleman deserves to be at Engineering school of Havard or Oxford teaching Automobile Grads!
Hi, Andrew from Brisbane Australia - I think what you have made/built is awesome - Please accept my congratulations of such a well thought-out product/idea! You deserve any praise you receive!
Great video! Always love seeing your approach to problem solving, how you accomplish it in the most budget-friendly way possible, and with wiring that looks👌. Very inspiring.
Wow Jason, incredible video. Love the Octo-Sphincter 8000 name, hooked to the TODD boards. HaHa. I actually use those same accelerometers (rs485 version) in my wind turbine project. They are incredible. I really enjoyed spending time with you when you were back here. Keep up the good work. Your hat microphone works awesome too. Have fun, love ya.
Wow! This is impresssive. As someone who had 46" Michelin tires with CTIS, I would much rather hav the system you have than have CTIS. That M925A2 was factory remanufacutred right before I bought it at a government auction, and I still had leaks with the CTIS. I endud up just removing and blocking it all off.
Fantastic self leveling design, good job. My one caution having worked in building rear air ride assisted systems for Super Duty trucks used in a military application is the side frame air bag mount caused cracks in the frame. The frame is weakest in the location the air bag mount is attached to....the side twisting caused cracks and frame failures. The solution was to build a bracket system subframe connecting the two frame rails to to limit torsional frame twisting and cracks. Check for cracks every week or so....hopefully none will appear.
My papi said son you're going to drive me to drinking if you don't stop driving that hot rod Lincoln. Particle might be something worth looking into. I've used the Photon and Photon2 on a few projects. I miss being smart like you instead of old and brain damaged like me. 😞 Maybe you could make a sign controlled by the IMU that will say, "If this van's-a-rockin, don't come-a-knockin", when it's rockin? 🤣
@everlanders I would recommend what the internet calls “Ping” tanks. It’s an air tank in line with the airbag that absorbs the spikes in pressure on bumps and articulations. Just an accumulator for your suspension. Lowers the pressure spikes making the ride nicer!
Mr. Wizard over the top again. Not that everyone wants or needs all of the tech it makes one think about making their home on wheels more comfortable or safer and for that I thank you.
Amazing video again. I started with Blynk after watching your videos back in the day. But I switched over to Home Assistant. You can run it completely locally with endless possibilities. A great community also creating content. Updates with improvement every month. Currently I have Home assistant set up at home. But have it also planned for the RV. You can easily creat amazing custom dashboard. I personally think it is the best solution.
Excellent video. Great execution. A few things that I didn’t hear you touch on and I hope you considered is max and min allowable pressure on the airbags. Some airbags don’t like to be bottomed out and some don’t like to be overinflated as they will pop out of their housings. In the same note it’s critical axle limit straps or shocks limit the axle travel as extreme travel can also pop out an airbag from its seat. Just my 0.02 pesos on an otherwise 5 star video.
Bagged out Lincoln Pounding Minami bass tracks 😂 that was perfect! I'm in Carolina too I know about that squat! Love this setup you have designed I wish I had setup like that on my daily bagged car on the air ride 3H.
Dude this was awesome I've been trying to come up with a way of doing something similar on a rig that I mentally piecing together and how it will function but I have to say the wiring ehhhh I don't know it was okay😂😂😂 But for real I wish there were 10 of you on RU-vid I love your stuff
@@Everlanders Yes, there are too many regulations for everything. Camping is a problem in most countries if it's not in a designated area. And when it comes to fuel, it's even worse. For example, Zetros trucks that are heavily converted into campers are now only sold outside of Europe due to restrictions. The only advantage is that a European vehicle can travel anywhere in the world without issues
So good to see a new video up! Nice improvements as always, can't wait for the next one. Was thinking about your suspension just a week ago, while watching another video on a suspension upgrade for an off road tow truck in Moab...they explained how to set up a rear articulation spring shackle so it works.
I missed your channel. Glad you posted. I was trying to remember who the overlander was that had those interesting videos Thank you for your channel. I have always enjoyed the content you produce. No matter if its an overlanding video or a technicial video everything is really well done.
Your creations and ingenuity are outstanding. I learn more every time I watch - love it! Thanks for another great video! “Octo-Sphincter 8000”? Gotta be a fun story behind that name 😂. Safe travels and happy holidays to you both.
Meant to say that I use home assistant for all the automation in my house. I plan to have another pi in the camper. I found using MQTT for all the metrics/switches/devices allows me to consume them for graphing (telegraf into your chosen TSDB) and automation/UI/code. I've already got it talking to the blue inverter among other things to automate load shifting of home power to using the camper's batteries. Since I'll use MQTT I can have the house bridge the brokers and have controls for van/house in either instance. I'm sure you've seen it but it gets a +1 from me (not that the camper instance is in place yet)
Great video. This has been on my to-do list. I just have a Toyota Tundra with a slide in truck camper, but it would be nice to be able to inflate and deflate my airbags with onboard air. The Tundra is my daily driver and i only put the camper in for weekend trips. If I'm going to do that, i might as well auto level. I too wish Blync wouldn't have made the choices they did to take a fantastic product and ruin it. I used it for my very custom home hot water heater. I'm now using Home Assistant. I believe you could do something great with Home Assistant and ESPHome on your truck. I would use it on my Tundra, but i have nowhere near as many things going on as you. When i find a better slide in camper, that will probably change, but then i will be looking for a 3/4 ton pickup...
Shit my bro comes up with I swear to all that is holy blows my mind 🤯😳 literally every time I watch. Also sphincter and pucker had me going good 😂😂 as well as Columbian Tyrone hahahaa🤘🏾👊🏾👍🏾. This family is amazing. Always a brilliant watch!
As mentioned before, I always love your tech videos & even though I'm not very good at it, I always learn something (which is not bad for an "Old Fart!") I too built my own custom air bag set up for my 4wd, nothing is available in Australia for my American based wagon so I have to make everything (which of course is kinda cool anyway!) No hi tech on my bags but I have thought about it as we have a Roof top tent & I certainly have plenty of other silly little gadgets so YNOT (which funnily enough, is our number plates) Cheers & Merry Christmas from Oz! 👍
I love your content I’ve see it all, I’m always thinking about you guys anticipating a new video drop. LET ME LIVE THROUGH YOU, I’m dying at a 9-5 desk job.
Did you call that device an "Octosphincter"? Ha. Funny stuff. Your (both) delivery and video editing has evolved to next-level. Oh and that is one great piece of kit you devised there. Happy travels.
