ORIGINAL: combatpigg
You guys are wrong . The flaperon function is spelled out in black and white in my FUTABA manual. Flaperons are a variable airfoil control sceme that work in conjunction with the elevator to basically tighten up your loops. A spoileron or for that matter a spoiler anything is used for dumping speed and are not coupled to the elevator. Coupling the FLAPS tothe ELEVATOR was first done by controlline stunt guys to execute square corners on inside and outside loops, but this control sceme never had a cute name to go with it until RC guys blended this control sceme into their aileron equipped ships. If I'm wrong, I'll have to send an emergency memo over to the PROFILE BROTHERHOOD and tell all 400 of them to drop everything so that they can reprogram their planes for SPOILERON CONTROL! Where is that SPOILERON SWITCH at anyway?
Flaperons are Flap and Aileron mixing. What you're talking about is elevator/flap mixing which doesn't have a name other than elevator/flap mixing that I know of.
The Futaba manuals have a lot of errors in them. I never noticed this in my futaba manuals, but what you're saying flaperon is, is wrong.
BTW. These type of mixes can be achieved mechanically if someone is so inclined. Used to be the only way to do it. One servo hooked to both controls and the other servo moved the the servo tray that both servos were mounted in.