Well, I have been flying sport aerobatics for about a year, so I decided that on the first clear day out (its was raining here for about two weeks), I would take out my good old faithful trainer (Hobbico Avistar MKII) for its first flight in about a year. Well, I was combating a 15MPH crosswind on the runway doing touch and go's, and on the 9th one, the wind picked up right when I was at full throttle moments from takeoff, and the plane flipped over into the embankment off the side of the runway (first crash in 10 months). I go to retrieve the plane, and there is a hole in the wing and the fuselage directly above where the landing gear is bolted on is cracked (I converted the plane to tail dragger). I take it back to the pits, remove the wing, and assess the damage more closely. I found out that when I converted the plane to tail dragger, I did not epoxy the landing gear block into the bottom of the fuse, so the only part holding the landing gear block to the plane were the bolts that fastened the gear to the plane. Well, most everyone that walked by said that the landing gear shifted just enough to only cause a crack in the bottom of the fuselage. So, now I am wondering if I should go ahead and epoxy in the new landing gear block, or just bolt it down? If anyone wants to see, I may have pictures of the damaged wing still on my camera, as well as the repair I made, but the landing gear I am still working on.

Also, I still have to cut my new landing gear block, but would it be better if the grain of the wood was parallel to the sides of the fuselage or perpendicular? Or does it not matter that much? Thanks in advance.