ORIGINAL: mklein25
Just wanted to let anyone that was looking to put the elevator servos further forward in the plane as Chip did, that it really isn't all that difficult. I did mine in relatively short order. I drilled exit holes 7.5'' forward of the bevel in the rudder post and 0.75'' above the paint line (red in my case). If I were to do it again I might push the exit hole back to 7.0'' from the bevel, but mine worked out just fine where it is. The installation of the servos is a breeze. I just used 1/8'' light ply rails that I screwed the servos to and epoxied into position. Since you can reach your arm down the fuse, the braces are easy. I got one a little further down the fuse than Chip given that I have adult size arms :-)
Thanks for the info Mike,
Did you end up running your pushrods through your braces or did you just mount them on top of the braces? It also sounds like you didn't mount your servos on the backend of the floor panel like Chip did.
By the way, did you do the removeable split rudder? I hinged mine last night and I am working it to keep the gap between rudder and vertical fin at a minimum. It isn't as clean as the CA hinges but I think it will be OK.