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Hi all,

Is it considered good practice to give ailerons and flaps, etc., a small hole or
two for the purpose of equalizing pressure to the atmosphere? I suppose one
negative would be the possibility of trapping water in balanced controls.

I haven't seen any discussion on balancing ailerons lately but here's what I
did...I made a simple jig of aluminum angle, several inches longer than the
aileron and supported at each end with a small block of wood and one end was
raised enough to reproduce the 3 degrees of wing dihedral. The outboard block was
slanted down and backward to approximate the wingtip angle. Attach your aileraon
to the aluminum angle (wing TE) and add weight to the curl until the trailing
edge is 1/2" above the wingtip position. Simple and precise. Do the balancing
routine with the pushrod bracket and bolt, nut, and washer in place and you need
less lead weight.

Angier Ames

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