We have a winner!
It's a bit of a trial/error approach, but it definitely works.
I think you hit on all the key concepts for the solution. It can be more elegantly summed up as:
Spoiler!
Start with an equilateral triangle of length 9.
Recognizing the internal angles are 120, and the complementary angles are therefore 60, it's a matter of chopping off 3 equilateral triangles off the original.
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Originally Posted by SebC
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