Thanks skymac for the info. I just purchased my first rc plane The Alpha you're talking about, and flew it today with an experienced rc friend. The info you gave is scary because he was doing loops, hammerheads etc.. We didn't have any problems, but I did use 2 inch wide clear packing tape around the whole wing joint (maybe this prevented a mishap) I used the 2 inch wide tape because there was a review of the Alpha recently in a magazine, and the author wasn't happy with that little tape they give you, so he recommended the 2 inch stuff. I left the original narrow tape on and covered over with the wide stuff...........Do you think I should still take off the tape and epoxy the wings?? or do you think I'll be allright??