Hello all!

I hoping I can get some help from experienced builders of the Avistar (the one with monokote)

The build is going pretty well, although I must say I'm having some second thoughts about the positioning of the control rods. In my ARF, the servo tray came pre-installed, as did the motor mount. From where the throttle rod must be placed, the rod must make a significant bend downward into the bottom of the fuselage to meet up with where the servo tray is located. I was thinking about epoxying two .5 inch blocks onto the servo tray as it is installed to raise the throttle servo to a level where I won't have to make a bend. My main concern is to avoid friction in the operation of the throttle arm and while I'm fairly certain this will work, I'm surprised/dismayed at this apparent problem with the design and was wondering if anyone else had this problem.

I've built kits before and bought this ARF to save on build time and get back into the hobby after a break. As such, I'm used to being able to have the freedom to position items before they're glued! The placement of this servo tray is puzzling to me...does anyone have any advice/similar experience? Also, I was shorted a control rod tube and and rod! What gives?

-Rob