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Hey everyone,
This post will not even come close to Milan’s earlier in the week but still an accomplishment for me. I completed my 3p backpacking tent. The dimensions for the bathtub floor are W 70in X L 100in. It’s also approx 49in high. I know thats huge for a backpacking tent but I still managed to keep it at 33oz. Not the cleanest pitch ever, but still happy for the 1st attempt. 
looks to me that in the top photo the near pole is not set up correctly.
I would release some of the corner tension, re-set the pole height (probably it wasn’t straight..) and then re-tension the corners.
Also try guying out the apex with a spare stake about 2 feet away from the door corner.
That way you will be able to get a better tension on the apex line.
Bravo, Lance! That’s awesome. Very nice job.
Nice job, looks good, what fabric did you use?
Yeah, maybe try taller poles and see if that effects tautness. You could set a 2 inch board under the pole to raise it. It looks pretty good as is though.
Jerry,
I used 1.1 silpoly XL for the fly and 1.1 silpoly PU4000 for the floor. The mesh is .67. All materials were from RSBTR
Nice work – congrats! 2 lbs for three people is great.
I’ll second Franco’s suggestion of separately guying out the ridge.
You might try using a second set of poles to elevate the line on the mid panel guy outs. You may even want to relocate the guy points closer to the center of the panel – that’s a pretty big unsupported area.
A common trick to support vent covers is to put a piece is weed whacker cord or big zip-tie inside the hem.
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