ORIGINAL: combatpigg
TIGGERINVA! Howdy! I just looked in my WEBSTERS" and also checked my TIME-LIFE aviation encyclopia and FLAPERON is not even a word, the term only exists in the minds of those who fly toy airplanes. It drives me nuts when people over react to such trivial junk. If it bothers you this much, you have one heck of a huge crusade facing you, because I'm not the only person who expects to see the elevator coupled when I switch to flaperon mode.
A lot of you are going to be disappointed then.
It sounds to me like it's a term defined differently in your circle. No big deal.
Maybe we should settle this once and for all. I'm going to check my American Heritage dictionary...