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Old 01-10-2014 | 07:05 AM
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Yes for me on any airplane like that with really thick ailerons it always seems best to simply raise the hingeline near the top surface. If you like you can with what ever kind of hinge cut your hinge slots from near the top surface angled downward at a slight angle. This will give a little more meat on both sides of the hinge.

Another advantage is by hingeing near the top surface there will be no visable big gap from the beveling, All of that gap will now be on the bottom of the wing

John