I just finished mine this past weekend. I actually decided to use all of the stock hardware even the gray tailwheel for some odd reason. Final product still feels strong and looks good except for the plane covering scheme (hard for OSU buckeye fans to have a blue and gold plane[:@]). Anyway, I did find less drag when I went a bit longer with less angle then the pushrod diagram shows. When I set up the pushgrods per the diagram I got some binding. Good luck.