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My dirigible design requires a few long spars curved into C- 
		
	
		
		
		
		
		
	
		 
		
	
	
	shapes. They would be triangular cross-section with their three faces being about 3 feet wide and 100 feet long. They need to be light, strong and stiff. [what's new?] If anyone's has experience building large spars or frame members, I would like some advice as to how to make them cheap and easy. My present thoughts favor a thin fiberglass skin around a bundle of polypropylene tubes, which could get expensive. I think that EPS blocks carved into the triangular shape and then covered in glass would require the extra labor of building a glass internal spar, yuch. This design has to be a cheap and dirty way for the working guy to get in the sky. thanks from Allen  | 
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