Gut instinct

Don’t use wire ties or take short cuts when building. First Flight , pushrod looked like it was for a 1/2 A model. I used a coupler to attach two pieces of rod together and instead of using a pushrod support I used a twist tie to keep the rod a little more stable even though I was told that it wasn’t a good idea , but I’m hard headed and didn’t listen. Today was a good day for flying hot but ok. I told myself to stiffen the pushrod rod up and take  the wire tie off before I took it out but again didn’t listen. Well the twist tie got stuck holding the coupler in the up position, did about 4 loops and then it stalled had no line tension and down it went.
Hard headed. My Drill sergeant told me that 45 years ago some people never learn lol.