Elevator pushrods used carbon fiber rods. Nice write up at Darol's site.

Clean and scuff up portion of control rod to be inserted in CF rod.

I glued using IC 2000 (rubberized CA), others options are epoxy or jb weld.

I put the z-bend on the servo end prior to gluing into CF rod. Then with servos installed elevator clamped to neutral and control rod on arm, apply glue to rod, slide rod into CF tube and put arm on servo at neutral.

Note: I used the rods with 2-56 threads at the end (not all thread) and the 1/8" cf tubes that are a slip fit with these. However, I read that some use 5/32 cf tubes with brass couplers inserted for 422. Since this is dual elevator 1/8" should be fine.

Ball links are popped onto control horns through access hatch (keep an eye on that little round piece of plastic, managed to loose mine and probably got swept up without notice in one of my clean ups)

Note: There is some argument that the risk of ball links popping loose should be avoided by using clevis'. As you see later, I went with clevis for aileron but with the preinstalled elevator horns I actually could not screw on the necessary horns to use clevis because the two elevator links were too close to each other. Others are using ball links so I did not consider this a show stopper but thought worth mentioning.




<br type="_moz" />