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Old 06-08-2018 | 02:15 PM
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r ward
 
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I would say that your thinking is correct in that it would, or should add some low speed lift, but with barn door style flaps, it changes the wing's tip incidence relative to the wing's root incidence, in exactly the opposite direction that is needed for low speed stability and enhances the potential for tip stall. hence, the reason strip ailerons are preferred.