Dear Snowwave83 , Have you finished building your plane. I have built mine and have flown it on last two week ends. Pushrod assembly was different from the one shown in the manual . I connected the nylon clevices to the rudder and elevator horns. On the other end of the push rod , I simply mave a V bend followed by a z bend at the end to connect to the servo . There was no soldering to do .

Always be very carefull with connecting the right polarities to the speed control because if you connect reverse polarity by mistake , you will certainly ruin the speed control. If you insert the supplied copper inserts from the wrong end , it is possible to connect the plugs in reverse polarity. I made the mistake and blew up my speed control . Now I have installed a deans connector which appears to be fool proof .

I have installed a 7 cell 600mah NiCd . The power is just enough to keep the model aloft after a hand launch . My first flight was a dream . The wind was almost still that day and the plane flew very stably .

On the next flying day , however , it was breezy and the model stalled twice. I think that this would have not happened if I had launched the model with some more force to give it some extra speed .The wing mounting plate came off and the cabin suffered considerable damage , However I was able to do a quick repair job with CA . A more forceful hand launch into the wind resulted in the model stablizing into a smooth glide and then It could gradually gain height .

Always keep extra propellers handy in field ! I have broken 2 of them already in the two mild crashes .