Well, I DID have an exciting day with the Can Do .46, with an OS .61. I found out what overdriving, overpowering the tail feathers looks like--and what happens when you do. It was 250 yds. away, down wind, gusting to 22mph. I decided to bring her back, right into my face, full power. (I can't DO that, overpowered, as it is--I've told myself a 1000 times.) Well, she was picking up speed, straight into the wind, straight level at 50 feet. At 60 yards I saw the elevators flapping like I never had, like the nightmare. The wind prevented my hearing the tell-tale buzzing sound, about which we've all heard.

I cut the throttle immediately, of course, and saw the starboard elevator flapping in the breeze, wondering why the thing stayed in the air. I landed her, the port elevator and ailerons overpowering the problem with the starboard elevator. The starboard elevator had shaken so hard, the nylon keeper on the servo arm disappeared, leaving the control rod hanging off the horn.

There was also a piece of balsa missing, 1/4 inch by... 4 in or so, over the port side of the horiz stabilizer at the fuse. (???) The stab would move with my fingers, up and down, on that side. It's an easy fix. Nothing was really broken.

I dare say, it was the most challenging, exciting, and perfect landing of the day.

J.

P.S. What does one call the FORWARD part of the elevator, the part that helps equalize the pressure on the servo, the part that goes UP when the aft portion goes DOWN?
I call it a "tongue," but I suspect that's not the real name.