I agree totally with f14mech2005, the hardware (or lack of) and instructions for this plane sucks. This thing is billed as an arf, why is it there is not enough screws to at least match what is shown in the skimpy manual? And just what are we supposed to do we that CF rod? I will not say that I will never buy another kit from from this company, but it will be a lot lower on my list of potential suspects.
My eflite MF had several design/construction issues also, so no one is perfect, but at least instructions were clear and hardware present and at least appeared to be matched to the task at hand.

The rudder push rod apears too springy to me also (because of length?), I am thinking about adapting that CF rod for this or finding a heavier gage wire.

To gain adequte throw on the elevator, I notched a relief on the rudder horn side. Don't know yet if this will create any trim issues.

Planned maiden this weekend.