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Marv,
I'm intrigued by your idea. As I understand it, all practical wings have
their tips washed out, typically about 1.5 degrees. Therefore you reflex
the flaps to balance the angle of attack across the wing during cruise,
thereby reducing drag. Now, if you reflex the ailerons, you will have
reflexed the entire wing, reducing it's angle of attack and therefore the
total lift. You would then have to change attitude to maintain the same
altitude. Therefore your combined flap/aileron might simply act as a crude
vernier on the main wing attitude relative to the fuselage, et. al. Since
this may or may not have been optimized by the factory, (care to guess?,)
you will be doing a great service to your fellow builders, who can then
simply install their wings in the new attitude. Well done.

Guy Buchanan
Buchanan & Newcomer

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