Looks great Roger, but our experience was that with very little slope, water pooled in the middle and slightly stretched the canvas. Adding a middle pole helps, but this new design will have a flat front edge by design, so doesn’t lend itself to doing that.
Maybe a pole down the right side would allow door clearance, then the canopy could be set lower at the front? I’ve placed grommets down each side to attach side-panels, so I’ll give that idea a whirl next time it’s up.
However, we’ve just taken delivery of a pop air 365 today so we’ll be playing with that first, especially if the weather is as rough as it was on the ALV rally at Kirby Stephen last week.😂😳

I have got all those bits recommended by Colin - and they are great - we are away at Salisbury this week trying out various combinations. I also bought a short 2’ extension pole for the uprights as an experiment. However, it’s so hot that a nice chair in the shade is far more appealing! 🤣

So here's my new Shadow layout for summer trips - I wanted more height to stop my head brushing the canvas, so I invested in a "proper" 2' pole extension, which allows me to get a bit more height on the centre pole of my 360 Shadow. It also means I can have more pole overlap within the extension part, which is sturdier. I have also invested in 3 x Horizontal Front (or side) Poles (hooks at both ends), plus three Tectums to allow the hooks to join to the upright poles. At the "caravan end" I have 3 x Isabella Fix On mk2s, which are excellent as there's no need for anything being screwed to the caravan awning rail (thanks to Colin for that recommendation). All very sturdy and it holds the fabric roof clear of the door (although the door then doesn't go past the pole...). Further horizontals could be added across the front to take more shade panels.

I have also bought a couple of 75cm Single Profile plastic Awning Profiles, which clip to the larger poles and allow a Keder strip to be fed through. I experimented with using my spare 3m Shadow as a side panel, feeding it into the awning rail at the top of the front windows and then out along the horizontal poles. Not the cheapest way of doing a side panel, but I have identified a better way forward (for me) for side panels that can be installed or removed quickly.

I'm sure there will be more experiments to come. In fact, I have designed and made a prototype for a lightweight catcher and plastic tube to take water away from the centre of the awning when in "inverted V" mode in wet weather. Since I came up with the idea it hasn't rained, so testing still to come! Teaser photo attached...

Simon

Me neither, Colin, but it won't rain now so I can't test it... When we did our shakedown camp in June it absolutely chucked it down and I stood watching the water pour out of the bottom of the "vee" (with the centre pole dropped) and some of the water followed the guy line, but a lot separated after 30cm or so. I'm just trying to find a way to encourage most of it to go to the foot of the guy line - I will, in fact, be replacing the non-essential guyline from the extra flap (with "Isabella" on it) with a clear, reinforced hose. Experimentation time. It may make it worse!!

I remember it well, Roger - it's what got me started on a tube solution - I can angle that away from the securing pegs and peg through the bottom of the tube (I'm using the fibreglass reinforced PVC stuff), which might help with any water logging issues? All in the name of experimentation - and, as I'm unable to work at the moment (waiting for the first of two knee replacements), it keeps me from going mad...

Well, having just bought a Voss Canopy to use as a side screen (it has a keder strip on the top edge that will work with my new layout) I now see an advert on Ebay for a genuine Isabella Side Panel - and it's in Bury St Edmunds, just down the road from me... They are also selling a Shadow 360 and a Front Panel, which I've never seen before. Pictures below...

I have bid for the Side Panel, but can't find the Front Panel they say they have advertised... The 360 they are selling looks to be in very good condition.

I'm about to sell my Shadow 300 - genuinely used a couple of times only. It is converted to three poles and will come with three poles and three Isabella Typhoon guy ropes. I now have a 360, which fits my Troll better - and has a built in cord (unlike the 300) to take the Isabella Fix On MK2 Awning Pole Bracket Tensioning Pads.

That should cope with a big downpour! Mine won't, I fear, but had no rain to test it. When I have a chance I'll post photos of it. I do like the challenge of developing new things. Like my wireless rear camera system, using as many components that I could that I already owned (iPad mini, old iPhone, etc.) that i now have working really well. Eventually I may finish making my twin fan fridge cooler...

Those front panels were impossible to find online, until I found they were called NetFront Panels - very popular in Denmark and Holland, apparently. The use of aluminised net to reflect sunlight away, but let you see through from under the awning, is very clever and, knowing Isabella, will work very well. I'm trying to track one down, but they are like hen's teeth in the UK...

On our recent trip away we were shaded by mature trees until 3pm, but the sun then came out and got in under the awning and was a pain. Dropping the front made the awning too low to move around under, so an angled front strip would be perfect...

Hi Simon
All fascinating stuff, despite me lacking your and Colin's technical imagination (and Randa's)

I have a vague recollection of being able to get one of these net front panels when we bought our Shadow but they were quite a price I think. At the time I was besotted by Randa's bespoke side pieces but Kath discouraged my experiments.

Keep going
MikeT