If we can avoid massive collective issues that would be appreciated as there is very little agency the individual has to address those and that helpless ess can often extend to the more solvable individual matters we all grapple with but also occasionally rise to conquer.
so far i landed on a sketch.
Have a Crack at the design integrity Engineers :)
That’s pretty good!
Thanks, this is probably one-axis (west to east) solution, but it’s the only less complex solution that is easy to automate, maintain, and handle off-roading(when retracted flat, of course)
It definitely beats parking the van facing north and reparking again at noon to face south.
You only gotta worry about greasing that central gigantic screw, as IMO is the only vulnerable point exposed to the elements.
The actuators and motors are splash proof. They will also be protected on the metal case when fully retracted and moving at highway speeds