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Old 12-07-2003 | 01:18 AM
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mrjbernard
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Default RE: Flaperons?

Good God! This thread is brutal!

But for what it's worth....I vote for flaperons = flaps and ailerons, no matter who is talking about it or what their model flying experience is. HOWEVER, having said that, and being an experienced full-scale pilot - when you activate the flaps, the center of lift is moved and you generally want to trim the plane accordingly. So it is quite likely that an experienced 3D or whatever model RC pilot would want to add some elevator mixing as part of their flaperon activation and just consider the whole bag as "flaperons". Hence the gray-area-of-disagreement that has ensued on this post. (Can't we all just get along? [sm=RAINFRO.gif])

Hey tiggerniva, does your signature imply that you went directly from LT-40 to Funtana? If so, I'd be curious to hear about your experience in doing so.

Cheers all,
MrJB