i have built a sig kadet senior arf it comes with ailerons and i have dual aileron servos. would flaperons be good with this i do have the futaba t6exa that has the flaperon mixing but i just dont understand what benefits flaperons would give me. i am new to flying i have soloed and i can land very well so what would flaperons do for me. thanks in advance

Flaperons enable you to slow down the plane for a landing while still controlling direction somewhat with the ailerons. In the case of the Sig Kadet Senior, they may be fun to play with but are totally uneccesary for landing and taking off. This plane will fly at a brisk walking speed without them. I amazed my wife the other day by performing repeated harrier landings with mine landing into what amounted to a 5 mph wind. You may find them useful for thermalling the plane if you like trying to stretch a tank of gas. My record so far is 38 minutes of powered flight with a K&B .61 and I still had some fuel left!

Flaperons might be a fine addition to some types of models but it is overkill on the Senor Kadet. That airplane flys so well that the addition of flaperons would just be an unnecessary bunch of work. Build a new airplane that is designed for STOL and you will have a lot of fun with the rigging and setup and your Kadet will still be great every day model for a long time. A Pilatus Porter comes to mind for trying different additions such as flaperons, split flaps, spoilers and leading edge slots to name a few.

Flapperons work very good for landing really slow, and an a large trainer such as that, they'll probibly work great. I've experimented with them on a few models, and if you invert them you get a really cool effect, i like to call spoilerons. They work the same, but when activated, the ailerons go up instead of down killing most of the lift and slowing the airplane. but even if you don't like using flaperons or spoilerons. you can always just not engage them.