Hi John. I was just in your shoes a month or so ago when I set up my first RFFS 100 system. If you look around www.smallrc.com you should find a few pics of how things work or maybe even be able to download the instructions but I'm not sure about the latter. One thing that I did not find in the instructions is that you need two magnets stuck together for each actuator. I used small guage wire wrapped around the magnets and then stuck into the control surface and held with thin ca as per the instructions with great results. Another tidbit, the control surfaces need to be absolutely loose. If they bind at all you're going to have problems. I had a small amount of glue on my rubber band hinges for my elevator and until I removed it they surface would not work. Also, the better balaced the control surface the better it'll perform. If the actuator has to use a lot of energy simply holding the surface up there wont be much power left to give you up elevator. Best of luck.