<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpab140fa6yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;font-size:16px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">Good question. I doubt it. They tend to splay in or out. They were not designed to be self-supporting. But if you were to hinge the nose piece it would need to latch onto something so a support member between the two fenders would be needed.</div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false"><br></div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">I never gave it much thought and I'm not a coachwork guy so I am not the one to be giving out advice on this. Everything I say is based on a freshman year mechanical class.</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpab140fa6signature"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div style="color: black; font-style: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-weight: normal; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 12pt; line-height: normal; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div><font size="4">Dave <br></font></div><div><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;color:black;"><br></span></div><br></div></div></div></div>
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On Monday, July 29, 2024 at 12:42:42 PM CDT, dave northrup <dave@ranteer.com> wrote:
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<p class="ydpebcff88cyiv0672925680MsoNormal">I wonder about the front wings – would they be ok without that support of the front nosepiece?</p><div id="ydpebcff88cyiv0672925680yqtfd02518" class="ydpebcff88cyiv0672925680yqt5528145116"></div><div id="ydpebcff88cyiv0672925680yqtfd32454" class="ydpebcff88cyiv0672925680yqt5528145116">
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