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Composite scissor links

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addaon

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Saw a handful of aircraft using composite scissor links at Oshkosh. See photo.

1) Are these off the shelf parts, or custom layups?
2) Are these being used for (and tuned for) a useful spring constant, or is the spring all still in the oleo and these are purely alignment like normal scissor links?

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