I had good luck with my Sukhoi until I got out of sync doing rolls and munched it! I don't think you need to glass the wing joint; I put pretty high loads on mine, diving into loops etc and never had trouble. I didn't split my elevators and used the supplied pushrods; no problems with them. I used Futaba S3004 servos, you need 5 total, 1 elevator, 1 rudder, 1 throttle, and 2 ailerons. I used an old Fox Eagle 60 (first type, non schneurle) with a 12-6 K series Master Airscrew prop. Totally different from your setup; you'll sure have enough power!!

I used nylon bolts instead of metal bolts to hold on the landing gear. I made a 1/8" plywood plate, drilled holes in it to match the holes in the fuselage, covered it with red ultrakote, then sandwhiched the aluminum gear between it and the fuselage. It was long enough to cover both LG struts. I used 10 x 32 nylon bolts; the plywood helps to distribute the load. With metal bolts there is NO give and you'll tear out the bottom of the fuselage if you land too hard!

I replaced the factory engine mount with a Dave Brown composite mount. I thought the factory mount was too "spongy".

Spend time with your engine and tank installation; get the tank too high and you'll have flooding problems. Install a filling system that will let you fill the tank with out flooding the engine. Cut the cowl openings so you can fill the tank, adjust the high speed and low speed NVs, and choke the engine conveniently! I cut out the louvers to allow additional cooling air flow OUT of the cowl. You MUST be able to get rid of the hot air or you may have overheating problems. The plane looks great with the cowl, but if you don't spend time taking care of all these details, you'll spend time at the field workling them out there!!

See my "Spacewalker II) post for other ideas!

This Sukhoi is a super flier and a true bargain!!