Anybody want to take a swing at the difference between ceiling and
stringers?


Dave wrote:
Sure. A stringer is intended primarily to provide structural stiffening. A
ceiling may have that effect, but it's not the primary purpose.

Hmm. Not bad... There are a couple of things to note but not a single
definitive difference I can think of. Stringers are usually square or
have a major axis perpendicular to the skin, ceiling is laid in like
planking. Stringers can run longitudinally, horizontally, radially, or
some axis in between; ceiling is usually along the same axis as the
planking or somewhat closer to horizontal. Hard to define exactly, but
it sounds like you know stringers when you see them...

DSK