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 | | Finally, we are able to give, by courtesy of the de Havilland Aircraft Co., Ltd., photographs of the full-scale tests on the wing of the Dove. |
 | | It will be seen from these photographs that "top hat" stringers are used, and it is de Havilland's experience, based upon a large number of unpublished panel tests, that panels with Reduxed "top hat" stringers will develop shear stresses up to 125 per cent. |
 | | de Havillands use a large press and sets of stringers are bonded to fuselage and wing skins in sizes up to about 4 ft. by 12 ft. It must be made clear that all the attachments required are made in one operation. |
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