Old 10-31-14, 04:52 AM
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Originally Posted by Reynolds
...but I'd suggest more triangulation. Rectangles are known to easily become parallelograms under load...
That's what I was thinking. One reason I became disenchanted with the Pletscher decades ago was its lateral stability. The rivets holding the struts to the platform just weren't up to that task.

Even so, nice work.
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