Ernest Christley wrote:

Brock wrote:
kitchen drawer rails or perhaps a tube within a tube design. I
wouldn't think their would be a lot of force on the slat at low
takeoff speeds so the structure wouldn't have to be bullet proof,

If there isn't a lot of force on them then they aren't doing you any good.

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When the slats pop out on the Helio Courier based here,
it sounds like a shotgun. Loud BOOM!

There is indeed a lot of force here...