Ken: 100% agreement. As an electronics type, I have 'soldered' many many times and know how to do it, so anything I would solder would be permanent, well, almost, I could un-do it but you know what I mean.

My instructor is 100% against Z bends and prefers that capability to secure one end and adjust the other. I often use the L bend with a 'keeper' of sorts (2-56 EZ links from Dubro) that hold the L bend on the servo arm then use the adjustable clevis on the torque arm. They seem to work just fine for me now, but I can imagine that the solder links are equal, if not better, than the L bend. I also slide a piece of fuel tubing over the clevis to make sure it does not open during flight. Dubro also makes a clevis with a slide-on snap that keeps them closed. I use those but (ha.. safety conscious I guess) also use a small piece of tubing... just for those warm fuzzy's I guess.

There are many ways to go, but I think your way is probably the safest and most secure, provided one knows how to solder!!

DS.