RE: First time with retracts
If you measure the distance the retract mechanisim moves from full down to full up, and set up the linkages so that if you draw a straight line through the center of a servo wheel, the line goes through the connectors for the pushrods, and the connectors are the same distance apart as the mechanisim push rod moves, you are golden. MinnFlyer has some drawings if that doesnt make sense and he talks about it in his review of the Hangar 9 Miss America.
I agree with Cyclic, you are making it more complicated than it needs to be and adding unneeded weight.