False Spars
False spars, like main spars, are load bearing structural members running spanwise but are not joined to the fuselage. Their most common purpose is to carry moving surfaces, principally ailerons.
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Famous quotes containing the words false and/or spars:
“Passions spin the plot:
We are betrayed by what is false within.”
—George Meredith (1828–1909)
“On the middle of that quiet floor
sits a fleet of small black ships,
square-rigged, sails furled, motionless,
their spars like burned matchsticks.”
—Elizabeth Bishop (1911–1979)