<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; = charset=iso-8859-1"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2802" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY id=role_body style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; = FONT-FAMILY: Arial" bottomMargin=7 bgColor=#ffffff leftMargin=7 topMargin=7 = rightMargin=7> <DIV>Oh, okay, I wasn't sure what you were talking about. Yes, about 50% = deflection is my target with the designs I am working with. I = suppose different design approaches might benefit from more or less deflection - = I don't really know.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Terry Farrell</DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE dir=ltr style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; = BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- <FONT id=role_document face=Arial color=#000000 size=2><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"> <DIV><EM>I'll bet I know what it is.</EM></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV>   <STRONG>Approx half the pre strung/uncompressed = value. Ie. total crown on longest rib is  10 mm reduces to 5 MM under load. = Or if not what are you shootin for?</STRONG></DIV> <DIV><STRONG></STRONG> </DIV> <DIV><STRONG>  Dale</STRONG></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: blue 2px = solid"><FONT style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 = size=2> <DIV><EM></EM> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>What?</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3></FONT> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3>Terry Farrell</FONT></DIV></FONT></BLOCKQUOTE> <DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></FONT></BODY></HTML>