Pietenpol-List: cabane bracing

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Pietenpol-List: cabane bracing

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Original Posted By: AMsafetyC(at)aol.com
Hello all!Been watching the talk about center section shifting in the event of a quickdecelleration, and about cabane bracing with interest.It seems to me that, as has been wisely pointed out, we cannot build theseplanes to withstand all these eventualities or they'd never fly, and thatcrash prevention is worsh a million ounces of crash protection. However, ifthere are small tweaks that can be accomplished without adding weight thatmight help, why not? It also seems to me that one 1/8" forward bracingcable would help tremendously. So go ahead and use the brace struts, butwhy not also add the forward angled cable of the original "X" bracing on thestarbord side of the passenger's cockpit? I'll bet it wouldn't interferethat much with passenger ingress and egress, and would help substantiallyresisting forward movement of the center section.$.02Hope you're all well!Douwe________________________________________________________________________________
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