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Less than 100 % Static Balance

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proppastie

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Working on my drawings for the wing and flaperon, and I discovered that there is no way the static balance weight shown on the original plans will 100 % balance my flaperon. One of the other builders said that it was not 100% balance but for flutter protection.

Any thoughts/comments? Is this sometimes done like this? The difference is significant, as in 5 in/lb about the hinge vs 40 in/lb about the hinge.
 
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