<P style="MARGIN: 0px">To answer the question, NO you don't have to take the wings off<IMG src="http://www.websitetoolbox.com/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif" align=absMiddle border=0> dove will work it even if it's not spinning, It does help to have other dove dekes on the ground when using the flying deke.<IMG src="http://www.websitetoolbox.com/images/boards/smilies/wink.gif" align=absMiddle border=0></P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px"> </P> <P style="MARGIN: 0px">now for those of you that are having a problem getting a little breeze to move the wings, take the wing assembly apart and where the rod touches plastic, take a #2 pencil and color the area with the lead of the pencil, the graphite should lube it enough to spin in the slightest of breezes.DD </P>