Hi Jon1,

I always discard wooden pushrods when they come with ARFs I buy. If you notice, on most planes, the elevator horn goes down, so the pushrod has to push to get up elevator. I've seen lots of wooden pushrods (particularly balsa) that can flex if there is resistance on the elevator. You don't want this to happen when you are pulling up out of a dive.

I use fiberglass pushrods, like these:

http://www.dbproducts.com/cgi-bin/pe...R_ID=262850024

-Wade