I was waiting to hear about this model and I'm sorry to have
caught this thread at such a bad moment! I am truly sorry
for the loss of such a fine model. Looks just like my .40 and
it's been the model that has stuck with me through a couple
of unfortunate crashes with other models. She's truly a great bird
and built like a tank.

About the rods being stiff in the guides, I put a lite
coat of silicon shock oil I had laying around over
the rods and then exercised the rudder and elevator
vigorously before connecting to the servos. I think the
black coating on those rods is actually part of the
problem but, I could be wrong.


Again,sorry for your loss...there's no doubt in my mind
that it would have been twice as much fun as the .40 .

...Oh yeah, I believe I lightly sanded the rods first, then
applied the silicon. Rods move very freely.