ORIGINAL: Isis
Hello Lesath, Why so big? Anyways, Flaperons are independently controlled ailerons with the ability to act as normal flaps to help in slow speed lift for landings. They also still work as ailerons even in the down position to help in attituted control; It's actually not lift in the sense of the word it's air deflection. Where the servos can move the ailerons in the same direction, down to act as flaps. The opposite will be spoilerons where both ailerons move up to help slow the aircraft in a dive. Also with the ability to control attituted. If the ailerons are full wing length they will act as Flaps when in the down position more so than with standard ailerons. Of course your radio equipment will have to have some type of mixing capability. I'm Not going to say this true of all model airplanes but it's been my experience that do the fairly light wing loading of most model airplanes, now here's where I open the can of worms, most airplanes today can land slow enough were flaps are not nessessary. Only for looks and really are not very functional. OH BOY!
ISIS
This sounds really interesting, though I'm just a little confused still. One of the planes in my collection is Parkzone's Stryker. It's basically a flying wing, with only ailerons. It moves them together for elevator, or independantly for ailerons. The thing that I can't get out of my head, is that when you move them together for elevators, the plane really pitches up or down; it doesn't just slow down. It just seems like doing the same thing to another plane like we're talking about would have the same result (extreme pitch change, not speed change).
I understand, obviously, that many people do this and that it works...I'm just trying to convince myself of why. ;-)