ricky, thanks for your added feedback and please do know and undestand that we DO understand and appreciate the input greatly. Please look at how we handled the spar issue to know how seriously we take our modelers' input.

My first thought on your bracket failure would be the excessive stress the brackets would've seen just before the top wing mounting let loose. I would not be at all surprised to see this type of damage and would be surprised NOT to see some other types of damage from such a failure.

Again, thanks all for hte input you've provided. I am off on vacation starting tomorrow, so please don't think i'm ignoring you if the discussion continues. however, unless something distinctly new and different is presented i will not likely respond again to this thread.