Originally Posted by
Fred Gassit
A friend of mine just scrapped his Tiger due to corrosion in the spar, interesting to see that heavy tube, outside of Ultralight/LSA's what other aircraft out there use a tube for a spar?
Jim Bede is responsible for most GA aircraft with tubular spars. Not a very structurally efficient design feature which is probably why it remains his hallmark and noone elses...