[erick (Eric)]

Originally Posted by gary

.....The deformation is propotional to the force applied
multipled by the length of the truss cubed, and divided by the outer
diameter of the truss to the fourth power minus the inner diameter of the
truss to the fourth power.....

I knew that

Originally Posted by gary

The scope would not just 'curve a little'. It would curve a lot.

First banana-shaped reflector?


Seriously, it sounded highly improbably to me that it would work with a standard truss design.