Hi Mike,

You are making good progress!!!

I have been spending a lot of time measuring / deciding on / and designing the graphics for the plane. I wanted to coordinate the graphics possibilities with a shop before I started the covering.......just in case I ended up shelving the theme altogether, and doing something else. The good news is, I think my concept is giong to work, so I will order the graphics and start on the covering this weekend.

I haven't even ordered my servos or other electronics yet, but I am sure that before February is done, I will be sending another bucket of money to someone for that stuff.

I haven't looked at the servo mounting situation yet, but my thoughts on that are: (IMO)

1. If the push rods are not pre-made length, then make them as short as possible unless geometry or structure clearance suggests that the servo be mounted with the shaft in the position further away from the control surface.
2. If the push rods are pre made length, then you're kind of stuck with mounting the servo in the position that supports the length of rod that is available.

I hope that someone with more experience than me will chime in on the servo orientation
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I haven't checked the available length of the hangar 9 ti rods, but they would be nice, that's for sure. Realistically though, the method that Tom suggests will MORE than handle the loads of this aircraft.

I did get the optional hardware kit with the pushrod material, but I haven't decided, like you, on whether to go with the Ti rods, or stick with what is on hand.

Keep up the good progress - I will be rolling again soon!

Keith