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So i got a homeade hexbeam that weighs about 25 lbs. i was to put it on my house which has a metal roof, on a 20’ 2” rigid mast. The last place of support will be at about 7’. Would it be possible to have 13’ not supported or would it become flimsy and break in the wind?
 

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Depends on the mast material. I have a 20-6m Hex with about 8ft of unguyed roughly 1 3/4" OD fence post as a mast above a tower bearing and it looks a little sketchy in high winds. If your mast is thick wall chrome moly it would be fine, thin wall tubing probably not.

So i got a homeade hexbeam that weighs about 25 lbs. i was to put it on my house which has a metal roof, on a 20’ 2” rigid mast. The last place of support will be at about 7’. Would it be possible to have 13’ not supported or would it become flimsy and break in the wind?
 
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