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Old 02-15-2003 | 09:00 PM
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Default Sharp LE (is it a myth?)

Yes...the fuselage is strategically shishkabobed through the wing, and that's what holds it's shape. The original idea was to actually have an intragal spar folded into the wing...but the wing came out so stiff, I eliminated it. I feel comfortable doing this because guys are flying pizza boxes the size of this wing, just a single sheet of coroplast, and they can handle it! This wing in theroy with the LE fold, should be more than twice the strength of the pizza boxes. My scientific test was to pick the plane up by the wing tips and shake the daylights out of it...and it passed my test easy!