Pete, explain your reasoning
My justification for using rays hoop is the minimal interference in such a light gauge structure whereas the plate is heavily welded and moves the stress to the thin outside edges near the already stressed mating surfaces.
Rays fix does cause higher bearing loads but it doesn't create the large HAZ and erratic loading of the plate.
Both methods seem to work well so its really just two engineers nerding out, but I'd like to hear your justification and could certainly be convinced otherwise
