Thanks for the explination. My kit is really old and I got it from a friend's dad who has had it on a shelf for years. My instructions say that since they aren't functional that I had to cut them myself if I wanted them. In other words, they didn't come in the bag of ply parts. So you epoxied them to the upper and lower? How do you get the wings onto the fuse if they are connected?
What servos are you using? Can't you get some basic servos for $15 each? I just don't know what to do. If Mike posts his pics soon I will take a look and see if it is worth the trouble to do it his way.

That graduation/birthday thing sounds really cool. That will be interesting to see how you do that.