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Jim Bruton · 14 February 2006, 08:45 AM

so what would happen if you just used some - i use this word carefully - beefy aluminum angle at all 4 corners instead of the aluminum box? where the ribs attach (with their small 1/8" ply boxes) is a small design workaround, but overall, does the aluminum box play all that critical structural role that you can't get with 4 pieces of strong aluminum angle?

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Jim Bruton Forum Ace Contributor Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 1,066	landing gear box or angle aluminum? so what would happen if you just used some - i use this word carefully - beefy aluminum angle at all 4 corners instead of the aluminum box? where the ribs attach (with their small 1/8" ply boxes) is a small design workaround, but overall, does the aluminum box play all that critical structural role that you can't get with 4 pieces of strong aluminum angle?