There have been a lot of threads on RCU asking flaperons. I wrote an article for my website at the beginning of this month (Feb 2004) giving an overview of what they are and why you might use them. Today I shot some video of various flaperon modes. The videos were taken in my shop and I'll probably shoot them again outdoors when I get a sunny day so they're a little nicer and have a less cluttered background.

These videos demonstrate a quad-flap setup. I plan to add a couple videos of the more common setup using a pair of strip ailerons soon. I have a plane that can demonstrate it - I just have to do it.

Videos are at the bottom of the page.

Last thing. Please don't ask me how to set up your transmitter to use Flaperons. It should be in the instructions that came with radio. If not, then post a thread in the radio forum here at RCU or contact the manufacturer. I have no clue how your radio works. The only transmitter I've set these up on is my Futaba 8UHP which covers it all in the instructions.

I set it up this plane as a quad-flap sailplane because that mode has a built-in Butterfly (Crow) mix. It was a matter of simply turning the Butterfly mix on, setting the percentages and reversing channels as needed.

Hope this helps folks who have questions about what Flaperons are.

- Paul

http://www.airfieldmodels.com/inform.../flaperons.htm