[ATM] Re: Second Thoughts on Mirror Support

[tkrajci at san.osd.mil (Tom Krajci)]

>From: "Don D'Egidio" <djd521@comcast.net>

>My meaning was that Discovery has placed the RTV in the same locations
as >for a 9 point flotation system. The mounting plate is in a
triangular form >with the edges bend down at a 90 for stiffness, and at
the apex it is bent >up for side support for the mirror.

It sounds like it is not a flotation/whiffletree support scheme.
Interesting.

>I do have one picture of the back of the tailgate with the mirror
mounted >in the mirror box....

Thanks!  Again, it looks like this is not a flotation/whiffletree
support design.

Tom Krajci
Tashkent, Uzbekistan


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