Thanks for validating my decision to join the elevator halves, Mike. I may go for the servos in the tail, as you did, or move 'em forward like 'bluebikerblan' depending upon balance issues.

As for why someone would insanely convert an STM from electric to glow? First, I bought the empty airframe from a guy who'd stripped it to electrify a Senior Kadet ... so there were no "sunk costs" in terms of removing equipment.

Consequently, there would have been a significant outlay for motor, esc, and battery for this honker. I sympathized with your thread from April '06: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_41...tm.htm#4111990
An "expensive and depressing day" indeed!

So...with all the equipment needed to put this plane back in the air already sitting on my workshop shelf, it wasn't a very hard decision.

One of the details I'm working on this weekend will be determining the "optimum" size for a new vertical stab and rudder, using Andy Lennon's method of calculating the "center of lateral area." Just up and doubling the size of the rudder may help with low-speed control issues, but it may be at the expense of lateral stability across the speed envelope.

That's the fun in "bashing" a model ... learning by doing!

PJ