Steve,

I am just about to take mine out of the box to start assembling it. Mine will be powered by Saito's new 82a.

Sounds like your mod on the tail would work fine. I've read through pages and pages of info on this plane and I never saw anyone complain about the elevator joiner, but I did notice that several people said to be careful to make sure they are aligned good prior to gluing.

The most common mod I saw was to toss out the metal hinges.

Comments about this plane are very positive and I am looking forward to mine. I have a few projects that I am still finishing up, so mine will be almost July before it's in the air.

Jeff