For reference, I just glued in the hinges. There's no pushrods connected yet. For that matter neither the wing nor stab is installed into the fuse yet.
My initial intent was to use the CA hinges but someone in one of my other threads poopoo'd them so bad I went ahead and used some Dubro pinned hinges I had in stock.
The elevator hinges are plenty free for about 20 degrees then get gradually stiffer till the elevator hits hard stop about 30 degrees.
Matt
I think it was me that poo pooed the CA hinges,, among others no doubt,,they are not good for CL
anyway, back to the point
that free movement until 20 degrees is what you are looking at, I would suggest that you see if you can determine what is making the hinge get stiffer past 20 degrees, its possible there is glue spots on the hinge barrell that oozed out from the hinge slot and that can cause resistance. Its also possible that if the control horn, or surface is not perfectly flat, it is working hard to get past that point and it will "pop overcenter" for lack of a better term..
20 degrees is about the minimum amount, and I would prefer to have more free play than that even though you likely wont want to use it.