I'm toying around with the idea of using some lightweight 24" stroke air cylinders to raise and lower the roof of my teardrop. The whole roof if probably under 100lbs so my wife and I can lift it without too much issue, but it would be nice if there was some kind of mechanism to lift it for us.
The only problem I am having now is I have absolutely no idea what I'm looking for. I know I'll probably make use of a tiny 12VDC air compressor that could probably pressure up to 100-150psi. Ideally I'd like the cylinders to be around an inch in diameter and, of course, really cheap. It would need to offer a 24" extension in order to fully raise the roof. Anybody have any good starting points for researching this?
Anybody have any experience in perhaps building something like this? Theoretically I may be able to piece something together with some PVC but that would wind up being large enough that I'd need to put it on the exterior of the trailer and would need to put in more effort to figure out how to mount it. And, of course, it may not work at all.