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One goal would be to design the structure to place as many of the straws as possible in tension. Then your main goal will be coming up with a joint design that can react the loads. I would imagine that an 8 inch long straw is going to have a pretty low critical load (from a crippling) standpoint. Time for some Euler-Johnson calculations! :>)
The straws you do have in compression will need to be braced so that they don't easily deflect and buckle.
Mike
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Mike
1976 Euro 911
3.2 w/10.3 compression & SSIs
22/29 torsions, 22/22 adjustable sways, Carrera brakes
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