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Old 05-21-2013, 04:47 PM   #90 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by christofoo View Post
Next two action items are 1) tuft testing and 2) A-B-A, preferably coast-down.
Woohoo!

After seeing the latest pictures, I'm a little concerned about this transition:



Hopefully it's not too abrupt, going from horizontal on top to the "template" angle. (If it is, do you have the ability to make a bigger radius/smoother transition there?)
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