I've never had the counterweight nest before... something else to worry
about. They probably skip the Maule and just add to the hundreds of mud
dauber nests in my hangar. Damn, I'm sick of them!

Mauledriver, AKA Bill Watson, AKA Foureyes

George Patterson wrote:

The Maule was a different matter. I never got wasps in the vent system
(it's under the cowl), but they loved to build nests inside the wings
near the hole for the aileron counterweight. I would move one aileron to
check it out, and by the time I got around to check the other one, there
would usually be a wasp sitting on it wondering what was going on. I've
gone out for a flight and come back to find a little wasp family buzzing
around waiting on home to return.

George Patterson
Why do men's hearts beat faster, knees get weak, throats become dry,
and they think irrationally when a woman wears leather clothing?
Because she smells like a new truck.