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Decisions, decisions...

Are those spreaders movable (out from the hub)? If they are then lengthening the reflector might not be so bad.

How about some details on the boom, hubs, and spreaders? You took an original approach to that, and I'd like to see how you did it (and maybe steal an idea or two...). I just used angle aluminum for the hub and 3/4" square wooden spreaders I ripped from straight-grained 1x6s on my 11m quad. Yours looks like it may be just a bit heavier and maybe a little more of a windload, but more rigid than mine was.

Now if I could just manage to get a 20m quad up in the same place without it looking like a giant spider was eating the house...

I don't know if this is the first quad you've had, but I predict you will really like it once you work out the kinks.

Rick

<blockquote data-quote="RickC." data-source="post: 141194" data-attributes="member: 9297">Decisions, decisions...Are those spreaders movable (out from the hub)?&nbsp; If they are then lengthening the reflector might not be so bad.&nbsp;How about some details on the boom, hubs, and spreaders?&nbsp; You took an original approach to that, and I&#039;d like to see how you did it (and maybe steal an idea or two...).&nbsp; I just used angle aluminum for the hub and 3/4&quot; square wooden spreaders I ripped from straight-grained 1x6s on my 11m quad.&nbsp; Yours looks like it may be just a bit heavier and maybe a little more of a windload, but more rigid than mine was.&nbsp;Now if I could just manage to get a 20m quad up in the same place without it looking like a giant spider was eating the house...I don&#039;t know if this is the first quad you&#039;ve had, but I predict you will really like it once you work out the kinks.&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp; Rick</blockquote>

[QUOTE="RickC., post: 141194, member: 9297"] Decisions, decisions... Are those spreaders movable (out from the hub)? If they are then lengthening the reflector might not be so bad. How about some details on the boom, hubs, and spreaders? You took an original approach to that, and I'd like to see how you did it (and maybe steal an idea or two...). I just used angle aluminum for the hub and 3/4" square wooden spreaders I ripped from straight-grained 1x6s on my 11m quad. Yours looks like it may be just a bit heavier and maybe a little more of a windload, but more rigid than mine was. Now if I could just manage to get a 20m quad up in the same place without it looking like a giant spider was eating the house... I don't know if this is the first quad you've had, but I predict you will really like it once you work out the kinks. Rick [/QUOTE]

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