Hi, hookie,
Very interesting your story, indeed. Maybe it was one of those fatal crashes that you scratch your head over and over again and still don't find the answer you hoped for. I checked the ridgidity of my tail feathers and found no reason for concerns. The fiberglass fuse is strong and so are the horizontal stabs. My kit came with a couple of pretty stiff carbon tubings to be used as the pushrods. I definitely will use them since I feel they are more than adequate. The rudder is going to be on a pull-pull.