Ken, thanks for doing the build thread. Most of it is more than I'm capable of but I always learn something new.

Mike

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After careful consideration I decided to bite the howitzer and redo the canard linkage using a reducing lever.  Making it was not easy.
 I had to raise the cockpit floor 1/8" and move the arming plug to the other side.  The lever is two pieces of .5mm carbon fiber sheet with a 3/16" hard balsa center. Ball links are a necessity because of the angles.  IT WORKED!  The canard now has an adjustment range of 5 to 35 degrees and by adding the reducing lever the pushrod angles are such that changing the throw does not change the center as much so I can easily adjust neutral.   On Endgame III I am not able to change the canard much without upsetting the inside/outside turn balance.

The wing is fitted to the fuselage but not glued in yet.  All the subassemblies except for the rudder are finished so it is time to start putting it together and cleaning it up.  The controls are super free.  Hard to believe that with the logarithmic with split flaps, a 5" bellcrank, two pushrods, 10 ball links and a reducing lever that the weight of the flaps is enough to move everything - and the flaps are pretty light!

I put everything on the scales to see where I am weight wise.  58oz including props and battery.  All that is missing is the rudder.  I figure that I will sand and the like for just about the weight of the rudder so that gives me 7oz to finish and still make 65oz.  It is a big plane with lots of power so a few ounces over is not going to temper my enthusiasm.

Ken

Maybe I got something wrong from your pictures, but if you add such a lever between the bellcrank and canard horn, doesn't it reverse the movement..?
I think you'll need a logarithmic gadget for the canard, too.
L

The Canard is driven by the opposite side of the bellcrank from the flap pushrod.  It needs to be reversed so that the canard moves in the same direction as the flaps.  The lever also reduces the movement.  When I first hooked it up I had over 40 degrees of movement.  5 - 15 is about all it will need.

If I wanted to build a whole new fuselage I would couple it to the logarithmic instead of the bellcrank.

Ken