Originally Posted by
mikes68charger
Hey guys I'm building mine with an old AMT180. I have read a lost but it's been a bit much. It turns out my falcon has the wings with only one bolt holding it to the fuse. Dose that mean my wings are weaker than the newest ones ?
Not necessarily and also yes.
The yes is to suggest that it might be weaker than the wings with two bolts but how do we find out? My Version 1 wings were not fully sheeted but it took an argument with a fencepost to wreck that one. My version 2 wings (bought to replace the first ones) are fully sheeted but have only one bolt per side and they seem plenty strong. I am currently building my second Falcon and it is also a version 1, same as the first one. I am going to fully sheet the wing but am staying with the one wing bolt.
Having said all of the preceding I will admit that I generally fly at 1/2 throttle or below and only use full throttle on takeoff and vertical manouvres.
I would suggest that they will be plenty strong as long as you are not flying flat out and pulling pylon turns.
Col