Those are the rods all right . My old brain just thought that they should be threaded on both ends but thinking about it they are just threaded on the one end . Sorry for the mistake . The horns that the servos came with should do . even the round ones can be cut to the right shape . I think you will need a T for the rudder nose wheel and just a strait one for the Elevator . Is your raidio programable ? That makes it much easier . I hope you realize that I am just best guessing for you . I could do much better hands on as all here on line could . Sometimes its frustrating trying to help with our feelers blindfolded . I am sure most of us could have you in the air in a matter of an hour or so . We all want to see you have a safe plane to fly . You are right about trying to bend the push rod wire with pliers . It dosent come out very well . You are going to feel like a pro when you get your Du-Bro Wire bender .