From: "Dwight K. Elvey" 
To: atm{at}shore.net
Reply-To: "Dwight K. Elvey" 


>From: "clement.focuser" 
>
>From: 
>
>> I've hastily put together some views of what I think is a compliant cross
>> hinge.  See:
>> http://overton.tamu.edu/aset/krajci/cell-12-pt/cross-hinge.htm
>>
>> Is this the correct way to make one?
>>
>
>Hi Tom,
>
>An improvement would be to mount the strips on a 45* surface so that the
>strips form an X. When there is no deflection in the hinge, the strips
would
>be straight with no bending.
>
>Don Clement


Hi
 When I make cross hinges for my model airplanes, I
make both ends round so that the bending is not concentrated at sharp
corners. These hinge tends to last longer and doesn't get damages as easily
when I have one of those landing that I can walk away from but not much
more. Dwight

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