Before revision: It makes use of a space frame formed from a spirally crossing basket-weave of load-bearing members.Buttler, p.93 The principle is that two geodesic arcs can be drawn to intersect on a curving surface (the fuselage) in a manner that the torsional load on each cancels out that on the other.Buttler, p.94 Early examples 18th-century American warships "Diagonal rider " in their construction The "diagonal rider" structural element was used by Joshua Humphreys in the first US Navy sail frigates in 1794.
After revision: It makes use of a space frame formed from a spirally crossing basket-weave of load-bearing members.Buttler, p.93 The principle is that two geodesic arcs can be drawn to intersect on a curving surface (the fuselage) in a manner that the torsional load on each cancels out that on the other.Buttler, p.94 Early examples 18th-century American warship's "Diagonal riders " in their construction The "diagonal rider" structural element was used by Joshua Humphreys in the first US Navy sail frigates in 1794.