Ostrich Wing Awning Fitting Guide
See how to Fit your Ostrich Wing Awning
The awning is primarily a sun shade device. It is capable of handling a reasonable wind, but should always be stowed at night or in the event of a blustery wind. The single drop down pole does assist with stability in the wind and an additional 2 poles can be added.
Fitting kit consists of:
- 2 x T-Brackets
- 1 x Z-Bracket
- 1 x M6 Track plate
- 1 x Leading Arm support bracket
1. Remove fitting kit from the awning box
2. Measure the length of your Roof rack or canopy
The two T-Brackets must ideally be spaced apart by no less than 1.8 meters. The un-supported length should not exceed 1meter. If the available length does not allow for this, you should consider adding a 3rd T-Bracket.
3. Mark off position of front bracket
Measure the distance between the two T-Brackets. Mark the canvas bag at the back position on slat frame grooves; make two holes with sharp object for 6mm bolt to go through. Slide in two M6 square nuts in to the marked position and attach the M6 Track plate using the flat washers provided between the canvas and the track plate.
4. Slide in the T-Bracket Bolts
The fasteners supplied assume the roofrack has a M8 nut slot along the top of the perimeter extrusion. Slide the bolts into position. If you have no roofrack, then a sturdy mounting bracket will need to be fabricated.
5. Attach the two T-Brackets to the top of the roofrack mainrail
The rear T-Bracket centre needs to be approx. 145mm from the rear of the roofrack. Tighten the rear T-bracket, but leave the front one loose at this stage.
6. Secure the stud plates into the T-brackets
Secure with plates set to slide onto mounting tracks on the awning. Slide Ostrich Wing Awning from top down onto the bracket, using tracks on slat frame while positioning the front bracket to slide into the track – then tighten all bolts.
Loosely attach the Z-Bracket to the rear of the roofrack. Open the awning bag but don’t release the buckle strap yet. Using the M8 bolt provided, attach the Z-bracket onto the awning main backing plate – tighten all bolts. When viewed from the rear, the Z-bracket should pull the awning back plate slightly off the vertical.
Release buckle strap, ensure the front hook is un- hooked and open up the awning. Be careful—check that the fabric does not snag on the main bracket. When fully open the Z-Bracket top bolt will allow for a small adjustment to get the frames horizontal.
The Leading arm support bracket can now be attached to support the leading arm in the open position.
IMPORTANT
- The Z- bracket is the most important mounting point of all and should not be modified.
- Ideally, the mounting surface should at least 1.8m in length. If the awning is fitted
to a shorter rack, or to a Pickup then 3rd mounting bracket must fitted to a loadbar
or a second roofrack and must be on a rubber mounting (a small engine mounting
works perfectly– available from any auto spares shop). Failure to use this rubber
mounting will result in front bracket failure due to the relative cab -loadbay movement. - If the awning is mounted together with a Penthouse tent, the correct tent mounting
bracket must be ordered and used (ORAA216). - An easy way to mount the awning to a flat surface or another manufacturer’s
roofrack, is to first attach a length of Big Country roofrack extrusion to that surface—
you will need approximately a meter in total.