Constrictor,

You must have a kit from the very first run. The run had the elevators glued together with a stick of hardwood and you had to remove the piece of fuselage BEHIND the stab in order to install and hinge the elevators to the stab. Dumb design concept I'll admit but I was convinced by another individual who thought he knew everything that this was the proper way. Pain in the rear and not elegant at all. All the current kits come with an 1/8" wire elevator torque rod that connects the elevators together. Install the rod into the fuse slot, install the stab and glue in place, and then install the elevators into the rod and hinges individually. Much easier, cleaner looking, and certainly stronger than a connecting piece of hardwood. That was my original design and that's now the current way all kits are produced.

Mike Pilkenton