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   I'm curious as to how the new arrays are stiffened, given that the   
   "spine" had to unroll.  The scissors deployment of the "heritage"   
   arrays has a more obvious (to me) way to lock.   
      
   I do know (from the comms) that there is a tensioning bolt.  I'm   
   guessing that it works one of two ways.  The first is pulling out on   
   the distal part of the spine which then locks like your knee does, and   
   using a pulley/block to run the pulling cable back to the tensioning   
   bolt.  The second would be something like how I learned the BRT works,   
   by putting a twist on the joints and through that locking up the   
   joints; this doesn't require a return pulley/block.   
      
   Has anyone here found the actual method?   
      
   /dps   
      
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