Yes, this whole situation is sad. I have $200 in this plane it is nowhere near being done. I'm back at square one, well the only thing I got working is the throttle. No wonder the guy who sold it to me wanted to get rid of it. Apparently he was also stumped and gave up on it and I was the sucker who bought his problem. Being new to the hobby I really don't have a clue about much of anything which makes things very frustrating. As far as going back into the hobby shop I really don't want to step foot in there again, I'm so pissed off. I will buy all my stuff from Tower from now on. I don't take kindly to people stealing my hard earned money. I did switch the rudder connection to the other side like you said. Now I just need to buy the rods, bending tool, and the L connectors.