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Old 06-28-2005 | 07:34 AM
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Jack Hyde
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Default RE: Spoilerons & Flaperons

I fly sailplanes and 3d glo. In the sailplane world flaperons refers to drooping both ailerons some to act as flaps, increasing wing camber for lift at slow speeds and increasing drag to burn off excess speed when landing. Spoilerons raise both ailerons to reduce camber and lift. I have a Royal Evo 9 transmitter that I have set a slider to raise or lower both ailerons together. I have read some fliers mix the ailerons to the elevator such that up elevator causes the ailerons to rise - and this is what they call spoilerons. When you refer to spoileron do you mean you flip a switch that activates elevator/aileron mixing, do your maneuver, then turn off the switch or do you move a slider or equivalent, do the move, then return the slider to neutral?