During the weeks I was working on my first plane, every weekend was perfect; 70 degrees, no wind, and plenty of sun. I finished my plane on a Friday and there has been thunderstorms every weekend since. So, on those rainy days I have been on the Internet trying to learn everything I can for my next plane.

Anyway, while I have been looking I have seen something I don't understand. On large models that use a separate servo for each aileron, the servo has usually been mounted on the underside of the wing. The control horn for the aileron is almost alway positioned near the fuse. I have seen this on everything from balsa kits from Sig and Great Planes to scratch built SPADS. Why wouldn't you want the control horn to be centered on the aileron?

A perfect example of this can be found here: http://www.rcuniverse.com/showthread...842&forumid=58

The only thing I can figure is by keeping the servos close to the fuse the model is more stable and you want to keep the control rods square with the control surface. Or am I way off base??