Tension strut

A tension strut was a component attached to the nose cone of a T-65 X-wing starfighter. The struts allowed the nose cone to swing upwards to allow access to the starfighter's primary sensor array.
==Sources==
*The Star Wars Sourcebook
*Starfighter Battle Book: X-wing vs TIE Interceptor
*The Star Wars Sourcebook, Second Edition
==Notes and references==
Category:Starfighter components