Best way to reinforce or gusset Avid frames

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I have been asked to make a set of reinforcing plate for a "B" model Avid.  Having recently read the article in Experimenter Magazine about butterfly gussets I am wondering what is the best method of reinforcing our birds in the seat truss and cockpit side frame areas.  I have seen pictures of "AK bush tank plates" to extremely lightened and centered on the tubes. Never seen butterfly gussets used on them.  I think their big disadvantage is the amount of time bending them to shape.  What do you all think?  I am intentionally inviting debate to speed my learning process and avoid mistakes.

PS i am still in need of patterns to cut the braces.  I don't want to rely on my fuselages for patterns since both of them have been tweaked enough that the straight edge shows bent tubes.

Dave In Western IL

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