Thanks for the tips, guys. I think I'll go ahead and use the plastic rods. The only thing I was concerned with was the metal seperating from the plastic, but I'll just thread the metal ends in as far as I can with a little epoxy. The sleeves are supported through the fuse formers every couple inches so they shouldn't flex at all. I've used a laser rod for the tail rotor on a scale heli for a while with no problem, but it doesn't see much stress.


Ben