- A
flaperon (a
portmanteau of flap and aileron) on an aircraft's wing is a type of
control surface that
combines the
functions of both
flaps and ailerons...
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searched using equipment on the
other vessels.
Following the
discovery of the
flaperon on Réunion, the
Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB)
reviewed its...
- variable-position
horizontal stabilizer changes the
pitch simultaneously with the
flaperon setting.
Normally the
horizontal stabilizer also
known as
tailplane is...
-
flaps which incorporated ailerons,
making it also the
first instance of
flaperons.
Fairey were not
alone however, as
Breguet soon
incorporated automatic...
-
aileron and flap is
called a
flaperon. A
single surface on each wing
serves both purposes: Used as an aileron, the
flaperons left and
right are actuated...
-
analyses of the flap and
flaperon debris suggest, that the
shearing damage evident on the
trailing edges of the flap and
flaperon,
coupled with the minimal...
- 2015. On 29 July 2015, a
piece of
marine debris,
later confirmed to be a
flaperon from
Flight 370, was
found on Réunion Island. On 20
December 2016, it was...
- was selected; the
camber is
adjusted by leading-edge and
trailing edge
flaperons linked to a
digital flight control system regulating the
flight envelope...
-
canted for stealth.
Flight control surfaces include leading-edge flaps,
flaperons, rudders, and all-moving
horizontal tails (stabilators);
leading edge...
- instability, three-surface
longitudinal control, a "double-hinged trailing-edge
flaperon at
supersonic speeds",
effective high
angle of
attack control,
vortex control...
