32271 and 32348 bent beams - geometry tips and tricks?

[Kostq]

These beams always seem a bit hard to incorporate in my alt-build MOCs due to my lack of ultra-mega-master-engineer-knowledge.

and it's cousin/brother 

I know they are very useful, yet for some reason I can't position them properly to benefit from the angle they have and they are always somewhat sticking out.

Do you have any recommendations on how to better utilize them - as in how to make a 90degree connection with them besides using the axle holes on the long side?
Or any other useful angle combo that can be structurally sound.

https://rebrickable.com/parts/32271/technic-beam-1-x-9-bent-7-3-thick/
https://rebrickable.com/parts/32348/technic-beam-1-x-7-bent-4-4-thick/

Both 42164 and 42197 have those and I struggle with incorporating them in my designs.

[Aurorasaurus]

31 minutes ago, Kostq said:

These beams always seem a bit hard to incorporate in my alt-build MOCs due to my lack of ultra-mega-master-engineer-knowledge.

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I know they are very useful, yet for some reason I can't position them properly to benefit from the angle they have and they are always somewhat sticking out.

Do you have any recommendations on how to better utilize them - as in how to make a 90degree connection with them besides using the axle holes on the long side?
Or any other useful angle combo that can be structurally sound.

https://rebrickable.com/parts/32271/technic-beam-1-x-9-bent-7-3-thick/
https://rebrickable.com/parts/32348/technic-beam-1-x-7-bent-4-4-thick/

Both 42164 and 42197 have those and I struggle with incorporating them in my designs.

I find them most useful for making fenders! I find "Technic Beam 1 x 9 Bent (6 - 4) Thick" much more useful. Sometimes the 7-3 one is good if you're making an 11 7 9 pythagoras triangle and you want to use that to support the angle, and the other two wouldn't fit for some reason.

[gyenesvi]

In general they are useful in the same geometries as the 6-4 version (which I agree is more often usable), in cases where they can/need to be extended differently. But yeah, I have seen the 7-3 more often in aesthetic positions than geometrical ones, where some corners needed to be rounded off..

[vascolp]

Maybe these help:

and

 

[Stereo]

Aside from the 3 mentioned parts, there's a non-obvious piece that uses the same 3-4-5 pythagorean triple:

https://rebrickable.com/parts/32333/technic-pin-connector-block-1-x-5-x-3/

The top and angled rows of studs are the same angle as these bent beams.