Final thoughts on the C/G location.

Use 6-3/4" aft of the point of the top wing leading edge for the balance point. All the tales told so far have shown that 6-1/2 inches aft acts nose heavy. I absolutely assure you that 7 inches aft is seriously tail heavy. Those that have been balancing and flying at 6-3/4 inches aft seem to be pretty happy with the performance and landing speeds.

Aileron slave struts will work fine if they are mounted on the same side of the aileron for both wings. I used bottom to bottom mounts and Dubro 866 control horns for hardware. A carbon fiber tube provides more than enough rigidity for the struts, and do not vibrate in flight. If you make the struts you will have to fill the inside of the ailerons where you mount the control horn hardware. Currently they are hollow behind the hard points. I just drilled a hole large enough to squirt some Gorilla glue inside and taped it off until it finished setting up. I don't know how well that will hold up over time, but time will tell.

I used a distance of 15mm forward of the aileron trailing edge to mount the horns, bottom to bottom, and left the full length of the horn tabs to extend behind the ailerons for maximum range of motion. There is absolutely no need for more than 30 degrees of aileron travel at high rates.

For those interested, the fiberglass spinner that was obtained from Bisson Mufflers works out very well, and weighs next to nothing. If you need nose weight, don't go there. If you need tail weight, losing the aluminum one you have and replacing it with the glass spinner does the job great.

There is no need to stiffen the landing gear. Just land better.

The plane rocks[8D] I can't say enough good things about it.

Pat