ORIGINAL: newjak
I was just on RCG and was reading about some guys having the wings break off in less than perfect landings. Something about the fiberglass wing rod breaking VERY easily. With that size wingspan I'm sure there is alot of stress at the wing root during touchdown especially if you " bounce it in" What do you think?
I agree that there would be stress on the epoxy joint at the wing roots during a bouncing, less than perfect landing! Also, the wing roots will be stressed as a dive, loop or pylon type turn were to be exicuted. The carbon rod should distribute that stress (load) evenly along it's length, thus
slightly relieving the wing root stress. However, I really hesitated to permanently glue the wings to the fuselage and came up with a method to make the wings removeable. I think that you will be interested in this method, which is really no big deal and we should be at that point of the build in a few days or so.