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Re: 8-pole vs. 6-pole truss tubes

Started by astromart55, 11/11/2006 03:41PM
Posted 11/11/2006 03:41PM Opening Post
Hi Ed. My take on this is that the truss system is really there for stiffness and not for load bearing. The UTA is very light. For that reason I can see where a 6 pole design would work very well.

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