Note the two diagonal tubes in the windshield in this picture:
First question: is there a generally accepted name for those tubes other than "those two diagonal tubes in the windshield of every high wing steel tube fuselage plane ever made"?
Now, here's the front view of a Cessna 152:
Just about every high-wing strut-braced Cessna aircraft I've seen is similar--the two diagonal tubes aren't there.
My second question, why?
Both the post-WWII Luscombe and the Cessna have aluminum wings. Both have struts. Since manufacturers don't tend to add weight to a plane unnecessarily, I presume those diagonal tubes carry some important structural load in the Luscombe and similar planes (even modern ones like the Glastar/Sportsman). Presumably those loads are carried differently in the Cessnas? Is it done with a bracket or fitting of some sort, or are the loads different because the fuselage is aluminum on the Cessnas? Additionally, is anyone aware of an example of a steel tube high wing aircraft that doesn't have those two diagonal tubes in the windshield?
First question: is there a generally accepted name for those tubes other than "those two diagonal tubes in the windshield of every high wing steel tube fuselage plane ever made"?
Now, here's the front view of a Cessna 152:
Just about every high-wing strut-braced Cessna aircraft I've seen is similar--the two diagonal tubes aren't there.
My second question, why?
Both the post-WWII Luscombe and the Cessna have aluminum wings. Both have struts. Since manufacturers don't tend to add weight to a plane unnecessarily, I presume those diagonal tubes carry some important structural load in the Luscombe and similar planes (even modern ones like the Glastar/Sportsman). Presumably those loads are carried differently in the Cessnas? Is it done with a bracket or fitting of some sort, or are the loads different because the fuselage is aluminum on the Cessnas? Additionally, is anyone aware of an example of a steel tube high wing aircraft that doesn't have those two diagonal tubes in the windshield?
