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JDK
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I agree the bomb-load issue was probably a number of factors, and clearly it was possible to put cells in the wings and perhaps a fuselage bay. Anyoneone got verified data on any of that?

Your last posting with the drawing would seem to suggest that the geodetic structure couldn’t have worked if solely used, ie still required standard systems for structural integrity, and that it was for aerodynamic shaping and light construction that it was good for.

To be fair the wing is a more advanced (later) design, the fuselage being a development of the Type 253’s. Here’s the wing (Aeroplane again) and again, it does seem like a lot of bits to make the thing, although the geodetics are taking more of the loading, IMHO.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v708/JDK2/WingWellesleySm.jpg