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Unread 03-09-2009, 12:17
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Re: Swerve Question

The strength of your material is often less important than the strength of your cross-section. I would hope the difference between 6061 and 7075 doesn't affect your design too much. How close to optimized do you think you are? Maybe closer then I would want to be.

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