[Chadworkz]

To me, wings just look awesome, and they make the truck look so much better. Plus, wings help the truck "fly" right when jumping, and also protect the rear of the truck if you have a wreck and land on the lid...on nitro trucks, wing's protect the engine and cooling head, but they protect a lot more than that on both nitro & electric (shock towers, body mounts, etc.). And of course, there is the best reason for installing a wing...it makes a great handle to pick up and carry the truck! And yes, they work great as wheelie-bars!

If having a wing is causing you to break other parts, I believe it is due to the actual wing you chose and the mount. I run nothing but JConcepts wings, which are soft enough to flex and twist, but strong enough not to crack, tear or break. I also use either JConcepts Revo wing-stays or Mugen MBX-5T wing-stays, because like the JConcepts wing, the are soft enough to bend, flex, and twist, but durable enough not to crack, tear, or break. If your vehicle uses a wing-mount to mount the wing-stay to the truck, you might want to figure out a way to make it bend, flex, twist, etc. without breaking, or maybe even mount it in such a way (like cut half way through the mounting screws, so that they snap if the crash is bad enough) that it breaks away from the truck in a hard enough crash, but stays solidly mounted in place during normal driving and minor crashes.

Just my opinion and $0.02...