Frustration

What a great day for flying, but I got zero flights, haha!  First, I got to the field and had chosen the wrong wing tube for the Giles 202.  I brought one for the Yak, arg.  When I did get the right joiner, very happy that Tad brought it, I promptly started the Giles and went to the pilot box to run up the engine.  I ticked the corner of the left stab with my foot as I lifted my left foot to straddle the tail.  That SNAPPED the control horn and made control non-existent.  Luckily I noticed it did not center the same as the right stab.  I thought maybe the servo gear stripped, but found the broken control horn.  I removed it, and at home installed a regular nylon horn, screwed into the ply support of the  stab.  Used CA to make the holes tight, and just screwed the horn on rather than using a backplate for bolts completely through the stab.  It should work fine with the ply plates and CA hardening.  Got in one partial flight on Alex'es trainer, who continues to show quick skills  on the Alpha 40.  :)  Alex got in 2 flights, one with a takeoff, and one with a landing before we stopped flying the plane due to rudder servo probs.  That later turned out to be a badly binding nose gear strut in the nose gear mounting bracket.  We reamed it out with a drill and it should work great from now on.