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Struts and braces on the fuse
Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2023 8:45 pm
by Gemmell
I am joining my fuse together. Q. Which way do the 1/2 x 1” struts and braces lay ie 1” deep as the Longeron or 1/2” deep.
The drawing looks like the 1’ is horizontal x 1/2” deep.
I appreciate your help.
John Gemmell
Mercury Bay
New Zealand.
Re: Struts and braces on the fuse
Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2023 3:43 pm
by KenBickers
John, I laid mine out with the struts 1" deep across the longerons, such that there would be gussets on both sides of the struts at the intersections with the longerons. The strength is in the gussets. Hopefully this picture conveys what I did. Cheers, Ken
Re: Struts and braces on the fuse
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2023 12:16 pm
by Gemmell
Good morning Ken,thank you for your reply and photo,I will do it as you suggest , i finally got the fuse rear post set up so ready to install the struts.
Regards
John.