Controls
The control mechanism is odd. If you look at it carefully the greater speed you have, the less aileron travel you have. Also Maupin as an after thought made a flaperon adjustment that will put in some flap for landing or in a climb. I have been warned that my aileron control will be adversely affected when this mechanism is fully engaged.

October 28, 1997: The design of the walking beam needs some rethinking. I am on my third try. I first used a quadrant cable and it seemed to work fine but I was bothered by the push pull aspect of the cable. So I did a redesign using positive control rods. My solution seems much more satisfactory.

February 19, 1998 The Walking beam mechanism seems just fine now. Details and photos to follow.

Looking down into the fuselage to see the controls. I have just mounted the flaperon lever mounts on the right side of the canopy. Note the control lever, if you pull it towards you giving you a slower speed the ailerons move more for the input wheras at higher speeds with the stick away from you the same input will make less motion at the ailerons.

March 18, 1998. The final walking beam mechanism works just fine! With the Flaperon lever deployed the down elevator really makes a lot of travel and looks impressive. I have concerns that there is not enough travel with the flaperon lever set at normal but I'm playing with this whole setup. Jan Carlson brought up the fact that there is not a lot of clearance betseen the aileron horn and the read spar fittings! I have about 30 degrees of travel, ten up and 20 down. These ailerson are very long so I presume not much travel is really needed.

Well here is that famous walking beam arrangement! It does work well. Behind that wood station is a crank with the upper arm attached to a rod end coming from the flaperon lever. At the opposite end is also a rod end which then goes up to connect to the walking beam via a rod end. The threaded rod between the two is not permanent. The threaded rod I will use, will be sheathed in an aluminum tube to add side strength. The white spoiler arms will be moved down about 2 inches and proper bearings added to support the tremendous load it will be required to handle. Note the old spoiler mechanism which is going to be removed.

This is the new setup. Note the brake cable on the spoiler arm, barely visible in this photo. Note also the delrin bearings for the spoiler arm.

Well time for the rudder pedals. I used a 1/4"plywood covered with a carpet for the floor..

	The main stick and the flaperon lever. I did something similar to the 1-35 with the position holes for the flaperon lever. Works fine on the ground!