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Old 01-07-2012, 04:38 PM   #437 (permalink)
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If you could cut away most of the station bulkheads,leaving only a 'harp' section for which to attach the stringers,it would open up space within and dramatically lighten the structure.
Bulkheads could also be steam bent glue-up laminations as in canoe building.
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