Small Ogee and Long Ogee turned into Short Mega Ogee and Super Ogee tarps!

[CamoDeafie82]

These two tarps had a problem before... the Small Ogee was simply too small for me to be comfortable using it in most weather, and the Long Ogee had rather small side triangles, which meant a very peculiar set up shape...
Bat-Wing Tarp Design 1.jpg
The Small Ogee tarp before;

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And the Long Ogee tarp before

and now for the After pics with 5 yards of OD Silnylon;


Side view


Angled view;


View of inside from outside showing hammock set up with stuff.
Now this one has the same side triangle size as the Mega Ogee, just a short ridgeline, so it is a Short Mega Ogee lol; the side triangles are 45 degree pieces cut from a 58" wide fabric, on two ends (parallel cut), leaving the middle section free for the Super Ogee tarp


Because of its size, I had to attach to the next tree over while using the single pole set up.


Only had enough space to stake out one side, leaving the other side falling to the ground.


Made a stuff sack with roll/compress strap/buckles. shown next to a 16.9oz bottle for scale, I can compress it further but this is good enough.
The Super Ogee side triangles are 8ft, 8" long with a height of about 54" tall; and have extra tie out loops on the midpoint of the angled edges, and along the seam edge just for more staking out options and if needed, I can put the tarp lower to the ground, then stake out the midpoint tie outs and fold the corners under for what would basically be a hex tarp with gear vestibules.
Ridge line length is still 12 feet or so, and overall length is 18 feet, width now is just about 13 feet and some inches. I could have just made the large triangles into a very small diamond tarp, but I wanted to make the khaki tarp more useful

[sustaireblues]

Good looking tarp! Well done....

[CamoDeafie82]

Good looking tarp! Well done....

THanks! The camo/green one probably will see the most usage year-round, while the larger one, I might go ahead and cut off the tiny "doors" which are more like 1/4 doors compared to the rest, and then hem up the cuts...to make it a diamond tarp; Might also make a larger door kit out of 3 yards of 54" wide (really 58" material, but giving allowance for seams) material in order to turn the large tarp into something more useful.

[Otter1]

Way cool mods!

I think the OGEE is one of the smartest tarp designs there is.

[CamoDeafie82]

Way cool mods!

I think the OGEE is one of the smartest tarp designs there is.

Thank! one problem I saw immediately with the Super OGEE; is the main middle fabric panel is a little on the narrow side, so up to a certain size, it is a great design with minimal fabric waste! But once you start getting larger triangles past the standard Mega OGEE size, if your middle panel is not as wide, then it would look strange like my design so far. On the other hand, it is awesome when limited to using the same width fabric for all 3 panels..... like the Mega OGEE tarp with a shorter RL than usual (2 feet shorter....oh well, its still great coverage for my short hammock!)
Making new doors for the Super OGEE tarp; I'm not sure if I want to use 45 degree triangles (would give me enormous vestibule spaces tho), or if I should go for a shape closer to the original Mega OGEE shape....