Since the original subject was about Venture 60's and flaperons... what about Venture 60's and flaps? I find true flaps to be much more intriguing than flaperons, so I was wondering how the Venture would behave with actual flaps... take perhaps the inner 1/3 of the aileron surfaces to be flaps, using the torque-rod setup to control them simultaneously, and then either twin servos in the wings to handle the actual ailerons, or just a second servo and a flexible pushrod arrangement to drive the ailerons off of that single servo (so you can't play funny games with the ailerons... hopefully you won't need to, since you've got flaps!).

Would the outer 2/3 of each aileron give you enough control? Would the inner 1/3 be enough flap area?

How much better are flaps if you set them up such that they create a gap when they deploy (robart hinge point at an angle or one of those "fake fowler" hinges on the underside of the wing) vs. just using the aileron hinging and torque rods?

-Rick