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This question for the aerodynamicists out there (both real and amateur):

    How come trim tabs don't have to be counter balanced?  Seems that they
are subject to flutter too as are all foil surfaces.  I suspect that trim
tabs, being smaller, will flutter at a different frequency (or speed of
flight)  than will a larger flying surface such as a wing. Still, it would
seem that a smaller surface flutter would induce flutter or damage in a
larger wing -or, do the smaller surfaces usually flutter at higher airspeeds
than do the larger wings to which they are attached?      Greg Nelson

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