Sorry lads I slept in!
When looking at the front of the plane the standard prop rotation is called CCW, (Counter Clockwise). This would normally require a side thrust angle to the "Right" when viewed from behind the plane due to the spiral of airflow generated by the prop and of course a CW prop would cause the airflow to spiral in the opposite direction and so would require "Left thrust". With the mutts at low kV motors the requirement is lessened considerably.
As for the pushrods I used "MIG" welding wire in some plastic tubing which is used to reduce the wire flexing when fitting the servos forward and inside the fuselage. On my version of the MUTTS I mounted the servos close to the control surfaces and used straightened paperclips as pushrods. I mounted them by cutting a servo sized hole in the fuselage at the required location and then, after running the wires, I glued them in place with a little hotmelt glue!
I hot that helps clarify things!
Have fun!
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