I just wanted to point out a quirk of WWI modeling. Can you imagine the flak I'd get if I showed up at a WW2 scale fly-in with a 1/4 scale Spitfire with non-retractable landing gear?!? [X(] Well, IMHO, using a fat wing and non-functional rigging on a WWI model is the same sort of "scale sin." It's something I hate about my own EIII. And part of the "hidden agenda" of this thread is to help me think about how I might replace it down the road...if the model survives the "remaidening" process.

As far as ineffectual ailerons on a scale DrI, I think that probably has more to do with how fat the BUSA ailerons are rather than the undercamber of the wing. The LE of the ailerons on my fat-wing EIII is close to 3/4 inch. The scale ailerons on a DrI were made of simple steel tubing, i.e. they were essentially flat.