Original: daveopam
You can stiffen it with a sleeve but then it's added weight.
Huh? Carbon fiber sleeves on
all of the push rods in this plane wouldn't even be enough weight to register a difference. In fact, if you use 2-56 rod and sleeve it with carbon fiber the end result is a push rod that is substantially stiffer than a plain 4-40 rod and weighs less to boot.