F.7.6 Main Hoop Attachment

F.7.6.1  The Main Hoop must be mechanically attached to the monocoque a. Main Hoop mounting plates must be 2.0 mm minimum thickness steel

                                b. The Main Hoop tube must be mechanically connected to the mounting plate with 2.0 mm minimum thickness steel plates parallel to both sides of the tube, with gussets from the Main Hoop tube along both sides of the mounting plate

F.7.6.2 Main Hoop attachment to a monocoque must obey F.7.8 within 25 mm of any bends and nodes that are below the top of the monocoque