I am not sure what your intentions are with your SS but I like making my aircraft as close to scale as is reasonably possible. The full scale Super Stearman uses the connecting rod to add the additional aileron control.

http://www.airventuremuseum.org/coll....asp#TopOfPage

http://www.eddieandreiniairshows.com/airshowinfo.html

Just a thought.

jimm