The repear has been discussed pretty well, check out old postings..

I used Monokote for everything. The small checking in the obechi is not too noticeable on mine, but monokote is fairly "heavy" and covers them well.

I ended up glueing on my stabs and canards for safety. I did use bolts with washers too. No chance of them coming off, and I did never have a flutter issue. I am using digital seros and very stiff links (carbon fibre) with sealed surfaces.

As for running out of elevator, if you balance at the 530mm point as recommended you will NOT have a lack of elevator even without elevon mix. Trust me!

Good luck, its a great flying plane. Super smooth and aerobatic too!

Andrew Coholic