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Old 07-23-2005, 03:04 PM
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heavythumbs
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Default Rubber bands or Nylon bolts for wing?

I am finishing up putting together a tower hobbies .40 ARF and am wondering what rout to take with holding on the wing. It is designed for rubber bands but I really like the idea of nylon bolts w/ 1" washers holding on the wing instead. It seems easy enough to drill 2 holes in the trailing portion of the wing and epoxying some plywood inside the fuse with nuts in place. The leading wing is a bit trickier. What is the best method for securing the dowels in place? Also, because most of the force on a bolted wing would be from the underside as opposed to the top from the rubber bands is the wing going to be able to handle the different stresses?
Thanks, Heavythumbs