John, this thread has been helpful for me. I'm piddling with a Nobler arf. Using a new fuse, wing and flaps, and rudder, and parts I salvaged from a wreck. I made a new long rod to the elevator like yours, and am reusing the flap control rod and coupler. The stab/elev is still intact. I've got the bellcrank out for a replacement Sig 3", and I like the way you bolstered the spar. Unless it was already like that. Mine's not, but it will be now. The original bellcrank was a metal thing plated with some rough silvery material. The BC in the wreck is just like it, and had shed that silver junk all over the inside of the wing. A real mess of metal flakes.
It had little black wire fishing clips hooking the BC to the leadout eyelets. It jammed every time you moved the controls with the control rod. Imagine slack lines in an OH8, no telling where it would fly off to.
After looking at yours, I'm going to rip some more Kote off the wing so I can work on the spar. Did you cut and replace a whole section of the spar, or just add that shorter one behind it? I wouldn't be able to run the bolt through the top spar on mine in its current config.
Also, what exactly did you do to reinforce the engine crutch? I couldn't tell from the picture.
I enjoyed meeting you at Huntersville... you are Tony, right? Sorry if I'm mistaken. Did you have plane trouble? I was expecting you to be in Intermediate with Me and Mike, Leroy and Brian.
Rusty