Originally Posted by
EXDAC
Just so I can follow along - What do you mean by "brace strut"? The terms I'm familiar with are "lift strut" and "jury strut". The lift struts on a PA-25 carry the lifting load in compression. The jury stuts keep the lift stuts straight so they can support the compression loading.
Yeah, I'm definitely no expert on the Pawnee. I was talking about the lift struts. And I knew the wing was hinge mounted to the fuselage without a solid spar wingtip to wingtip through the airplane, and that those struts carried the lift in compression. Until I saw the enlarged picture I did not know that there were 2 on each side, never mind that they had jury struts too, or what all those were called. Doesn't really matter as my dissertation was largely theoretical, and not limited to this specific model, but learned something new, so thanks.