I agree with you...the threaded wood looks a little shaky with the ARF version. My suggestion is to use blind nuts on the bottom of the wing hold down plank. Hobby People are using M6X1.0 plastic hardware. Sugestons.....add some thin CA glue in the threaded wood holes, let it soak in, hit with acelerator and re-tap with a M6 tap....that is what I did for my ARF verson and I replaced my bolts with new M6 nylon screws. Or.........drill it out 1/4" dia. and use 1/4-20 blind nuts and nylon bolts. I did that on my newest one. But I made my own blind nuts out of aluminum hex stock. See the photos below. The steel ones at the hobby store work great....I am just a little too "creative"......Hahahaha! With the landing gear.....I use .093 music wire. This will not work on the ARF version unles you cut into the body and install an axle box. I may do that on my spare ARF Bee.



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