Need a spacer to install in the rudder so the carbon pins stay put and don't push in. The hole goes all the way through. I didn't have a dowel that would work so I used tygon.



Elevator tube filled with a carbon dowel. Used gorilla glue to glue in. Gorilla glue is moisture cure so get dowel wet. coat carbon rod inside with glue. insert dowel and it expands as it cures.


The manual is very poor in this section when it comes to mounting the elevators. It basically says glue carbon rod in the rudder with CA. Glue pins into the elevators and assemble. DON'T Do That! if you do that things will probably not line up.
Seems like the best way is
1. install carbon rod into rudder.
2. install spacer in the dowel hole in the rudder to allow 1/2 of the pin to be in the rudder and 1/2 of the pin to be in the elevator.
3. check fit of everything
4. Sand down joint bumps on elevators if necessary.
5. install pins in rudder.
6. install glue in elevator pin holes.
7. install elevators and tape in the center till cured.

My pin holes had lots of play so if you were to follow the manual it wouldn't work out so well.