Ken and Andrew, perhaps you are misreading my comments here or I was not clear, but I think the truss is a great design. My GSO 12 has this very truss design (though not held together by a square connection in the middle) and it holds the imaging package very well. I have attached an image to illustrate the point. The shroud has no physical connection to the truss or acts as a restraint in anyway. It floats in a channel front and rear. To my eye it looks almost identical to the AP version and I am pleased to see that design is being used by a company such as AP.
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Originally Posted by alocky
There are two opposing truss sections in the images, unlike any of the other simple truss designs I've seen from OS, GSO, etc. so it is possible that this has got the correct amount of flexure engineered into it. However, every true serrurier truss I've seen has much thinner tubes on the back end.
Cheers,
Andrew.
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