I've had the front of the Avistar wing lift up at the bottom of a loop and turning a tight turn (I fly a little agressively with the "trainer"). Causes the plane to pull up harder, stretches bands more, pulls up harder, etc. It was very scary.. Easy to snap the wing if you are too fast.

Now I use so many bands that it can't be any better than bolts in terms of crash protection.. My idea: put a dowel (or two?) through the front of the wing (all the way in to the spar I suppose) and through the bulkhead right in front of the wing to keep the LE from coming up, and leave the bands on there as well, but use less.. I want the crash protection but I wont fly unless I know the LE isn't going to come up.

Thoughts?