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Old 11-15-2006 | 12:47 PM
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Default RE: Nylon bolt fatigue?

Last May at a fly in I saw a Big Stick 60 with a Saito .91 loose a wing in a high g turn. The heads of the nylon bolts broke off durning the turn, fuselage became a lawn dart while the wing floated for about 20 sec. The pilot was using a rechargable screwdriver to put the wing on. We think he just had them too tight.