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Old 11-21-2013, 12:01 AM
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Originally Posted by JohnM View Post
Err

'Scuse the ignorance but why's it called a 1&1/2 strutter?
I can count 12 of them.

Johnny.
Well if my recollection is right, the name comes from the fact that most aircraft had only four struts going from the fuselage to the wing, while this aircraft has four sets of a long and a short one. The short counting for a half.

Unless I'm mistaken.
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