Xtratorque,

Just thought I would add a little tip in here...

MajorTom mentioned getting the control surfaces at zero to start the maiden flight ritual... The best way I found is to disconnect the pushrods (assuming you've already connected them) and use those snack bag clips across the fixed surface and spanning to the control surface. Those things work great, they generally have a piece of rubber tubing on the gripping surface and don't have too much spring poewr. They hold the control surface at neutral while you fiddle with the clevis end. Adjust the clevis until the pin lines up with the hole in the control horn with the clevis closed, then simply make the connection.

Using those chip clips have made final assembly alot easier and generally, you don't need more than a click or two of trim to get the model to fly straight, assuming of course, that everything else is straight.

Hope this helps...

Ed