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Re: Please critique my truss designs
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Date: 
Wed, 9 Mar 2005 19:13:46 GMT
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In lugnet.technic, John Ladasky wrote:
   Greetings, Technic builders!
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It looks good to me too. I’ve had good success with diagonals connected
to the studs on the outsides of the beams. One example:



I imagine that your design, with the diagonals “sandwiched” in their
connection, might perform okay. However, the main chords of the truss
in your design aren’t continous (i.e. they aren’t Technic beams placed
end-to-end). I believe that having continous chords contributes a lot
to the strength.

But you’ll just have to test your truss and see how it works :-)
Let us know!

best,
TJ Avery
Texbrick.com



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  Please critique my truss designs
 
Greetings, Technic builders! I have been very impressed with the giant bridges and cranes that you folks can build. Now I am working on a model that requires a truss. The model is minifig scale, so I care about the look of the truss, as much as its (...) (19 years ago, 8-Mar-05, to lugnet.technic, FTX)

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