ORIGINAL: southern_touch9
Im not gonna get all technical with you guys about the term but chuck did at least tell you that there are are a lot of 3D guys out there that shorten the term and thats where it comes from.
Are you serious? I'm already all technical'd out here.... If you bothered to read any of my posts you'll realize that I've supplied dictionary definitions, links to diagrams of actual full-scale aircraft and last but not least quotes from a specific well known 3D pilot.
You had come up with nothing, not even a decent explanation. Finally Chuck came to the rescue and provided an explanation that tied together the two sides of the story. I.E. That my previous resource was correct and that there is a group of people that have taken an existing term and misused it because they are too lazy to describe what they are doing properly....
Incedentally, I don't have any heavy warbirds and trainers generally don't need flaps. My only flap equipped plane is a Funtana which I have programmed to have the elevators move in the same direction as the flaps/spoilers.
As a result of this discussion, I am in a position to be able to tell a newcomer that I have 'coupled spoilerons' and describe exactly what they are used for. You however, will no doubt continue to misinform fellow flyers that you are just using flaperons....