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How thick is the vane material that ProtoStar uses on the spiders?

April 26, 2017material protostar spiders uses vane

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How thick is the vane material that ProtoStar uses on the spiders?

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Most of the spiders use 0.018″ (0.46 mm) thick stainless steel, though the large heavy-duty spiders (3.50″ and 4.00″ mounts) use 0.026″ (0.66 mm) thick vane material. These are the thinnest vanes available, which reduces the brightness of diffraction spikes.