Easiest way to stiffen the skis is to clamp laths down either side of each strut before applying a bead of silicone and filleting with a wet finger; the one I used in the previous post in fact, which is complaining it appears to be the only finger around here doing any work.
Benefits of these methods and means though are that (a) skis like the booms can be popped off and replaced rather than repaired and (b) whilst the silicone is setting I get to watch the actor* from The Man from U.N.C.L.E. in a movie called 'Mosquito Squadron' that just showed up on TV.
Should probably have used adhesive instead of silicone, but this is what NASA calls 'suck it and see' methodology.
Ed. David Mc Callum, a.k.a. Illya Kuriyakin.
