> Attaching a beam at one end requires a more rigid structure which is more weight Not really because that allows you to omit other parts of the original self-

> Attaching a beam at one end requires a more rigid structure which is more weight Not really because that allows you to omit other parts of the original self-supporting "fanned" structure which formerly had a similar role to that beam. Furthermore you wouldn't be building this structure to withstand 3g like the "stock" UltraFlex/MegaFlex arrays but you'd build it specifically to withstand static 0.16g in one axis for deploying after landing on the Moon. Consequently I very strongly doubt that this would give it "more weight" than the current UltraFlex/MegaFlex arrays already have because you're assuming more weight for a flimsier structure and that just doesn't make any sense, unless you'd assume the use of inferior materials for some reason.