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Old 3rd March 2011 | 19:38
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Jane-DoH
 
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I just found geodesic airframes fascinating because they were very sturdy and the use of the vanished after WW2.

To be clear the geodetic airframe was helical in nature, not using angled frames (at first my impression was that each frame was simply angled forward -- take a hula-hoop, hold it in front of you and tilt it forward) one angled forward and backward to intersect?

Regardless, the geodesic design seems to have some overlaps with trusses (as there are a lot of intersections and produce a lot of quadrilateral and triangular shapes, and the image inside the Wellington did seem to have a series of truss-structures in them).

I know modern composites are far more effective than this design, and I'm not actually a proponent of excessive complexity (my general attitude is: If you're given the choice between simplicity and complexity; use simplicity unless complexity is needed to accomplish the task).


DERG

You saying she is a real life version of the lady on Top Gun!
I wouldn't say that, but I do have some skill with remembering figures and such.

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