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Gentlemen, Photo of Baby Lakes aileron where you can see the hinge pivot point( and torque tube attach) up in the leading edge at approx 11% of chord.

Ailerons become heavy and produce adverse yaw at large stick deflections .

I would like to build new Pitts SS or Raven shaped ailerons hinged at approx 30% .

Is this likely to be a bad idea??
 

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