Floor boards supports

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orchardair
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Floor boards supports

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Hi All,
Moving along with adding all the little brackets to the main fuselage structure, I was looking at the floor board supports.

The plans specify 0.050" sheet bent to a 3/4" width with 3/8" flanges.

I was going to look into fabricating these, but then I noticed I have 3/4" X3/4" rectangular tubing with a thickness of 0.049", and I was thinking I'd just slice that in half lengthwise (with a thin cut-off wheel, so I'll be losing a 1/16" of material) and use that.

Anyone see a reason not to do this?
Thanks.
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dougm
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Re: Floor boards supports

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Exactly what I did. Go for it.
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orchardair
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Re: Floor boards supports

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Thanks Doug,
I did, and it works really well.
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Re: Floor boards supports

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I did it the same way.
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