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25th Feb 2015, 13:07

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elegantly spartan

More like cheap and crude to me.

Looking at the photos of the cracked blade it doesn't even follow sheet metal basics. 0.25" Radius anyone?

The poor finished trailing edge looks like stress raiser heaven!

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