Originally posted by aerobob
On heavy duty stuff, I use 5-32" CF hollow rod, with 4-40 stainless steel threaded ends tapped into the rods, and black CA'd in place.
I use titanium ends from Central Hobby
www.centralhobbies.com
I think the stainless would be heavier than it needs to be...
For the short rods, like on the elevator, I would use the 1.5" Titanium H9 Pro-Link Link Rods.
www.chiefaircraft.com or
www.horizonhobby.com
http://www.chiefaircraft.com/cgi-bin...s/Hangar9.html
This is what it looks like
All of this together might be lighter in the end...
I will use all of this stuff when I get my PW Extra, should be ordering it sometime this week...