The question of how tall the struts should be to match the re-jigged accommodation raises its ugly head, and so I return to the lab to find out (once I've donned hazmat gear in order not to introduce even a speck of dust into the environment).
Am switching from uPVC skirting boards to stripwood for this build, now that Wickes (as I told them) has become the go-to destination for maritime drone-building.
What I've done is park the trailer on the middle of this eight-foot lath, because that is about how much the rear lift-props and that accommodation are set to occupy.
With laser-calibrated hydraulic jacks (out of view here) I discovered that these bad boys are unwilling to flex beyond eighteen inches... worth knowing as I had settled on twenty-four inch uprights.
What I shall do ~ as we always want to work in divisors of stock timber at 96 inches or 2440mm ~ is to settle for 16 inches instead. Or in fact 400mm, as the laminated foam that we set out with was rounded down to 1200mm by 600mm.
We could bend the timber further ~ and permanently ~ like Scandies do with chairs, but that involves a steam-room I don't have. Besides, this is set to be delivered in flat-packed form, which doesn't really admit anything that is curved from the get-go.
I used to remove extraneous items from within the frame of each photo in order to clarify, but now I can't be bothered. If that upsets you, you can leave now and take your things with you.
