MK Champion Project

Central Hobbies push rod ends...installing second end, experiencing compressed air syndrome...

Yes, I build the rods as suggested using JB Weld as the glue. The first end is installed with one working in the glue in the tube with a twisting of the titanium end. I repeat this a couple of times to make sure the glue is in the tube and in the machined flutes of the rod end.

The second end uses the same process and I tape the titanium end to the rod because it wants to push out due to the air being compressed. I do not drill any holes and probably would not being concerned about fatigue. Carbon strands depend on their uninterupted lengths, the hole would change this.

The rods come in 5/32", 3/16" and 1/4" diameters in varying legths. The titanium rod ends come in many many thread sizes for US and Metric sizes for an infinite number of hardware choices. MK provides excellent ball bearing components for servo and control horn side of a linkage. Central Hobbies also offers a line from NMP. THe NMP brand is a precision ball ends in Metric sizes also. I use the NMP parts on the servo ends.

The Central Hobbies web site provides valuable pushrod set-up and design information including an excellent dual carbon elevator set-up that if installed correctly is fabulous.

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