Quote Originally Posted by WV View Post
MacEntyre may have some suggestions.
I believe the struts should be as close to vertical as is practical, in order to avoid compression failure. Unfortunately, for our purposes the tensegrity works better when the struts are inclined from the vertical. I seek a way to quantify this compromise, so that we can determine how to build them safely.

My focus is on a stake-less, portable tensegrity stand for a single hammock. I wish I had more time to work on it!