ORIGINAL: southern_touch9
CafeenMan,
If Futaba defines flaperon as you have posted above then there is no doubt that is known as a flaperon. However you should keep in mind that with many words in the english lang. there is more than one definition. Like it or not combatpiggs definition is accepted by all of the pilots in the 3D world and by the majority of the R/C community.
I personally don't care what Futaba says about flaperons. The only reason I dug up the Futaba stuff was because earlier CombatPigg used a reference from a Futaba manual as proof that flaperons include elevator. So either he is wrong about the Futaba manual or Futaba is contradicting itself. As I said in my first response to that, the Futaba manuals have a lot of errors in them.
Second, "most" of the r/c community DOES NOT think that elevator is part of flaperons. Anybody can make a statement like that, but you didn't actually go out and do a survey to find out what "most" people think did you?
I've been doing this for over 30 years in a lot of different places and until this thread I've never heard a single person mention elevator as being part of the flaperon equation. That's just something that your circle of people misunderstood and are now perpetuating and spreading bad information. In other words, you're doing a disservice to anyone who looks to you for information.