Definitions for flaperon
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1. flaperonnoun

   (aeronautical) An aircraft control surface at the trailing edge of a wing that acts as an aileron (controlling movement around the longitudinal axis) and a flap (changing the chord line of the wing, thusly affecting the angle of attack).

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1. Flaperon

   A flaperon is a type of aircraft control surface that combines aspects of both flaps and ailerons. In addition to controlling the roll or bank of an aircraft as do conventional ailerons, both flaperons can be lowered together to function similarly to a dedicated set of flaps. Both ailerons could also be raised, which would give spoilerons. The pilot has separate controls for ailerons and flaps. A mixer is used to combine the separate pilot input into this single set of control surfaces called flaperons. The use of flaperons instead of separate ailerons and flaps can reduce the weight of an aircraft. The complexity is transferred from having a double set of control surfaces to the mixer. Many designs that incorporate flaperons mount the control surfaces away from the wing to provide undisturbed airflow at high angles of attack or low airspeeds. When the flaperon surface is hinged below the trailing edge of a wing, they are sometimes named "Junker Flaperons", from the doppelflügel type of trailing edge surfaces used on a number of Junkers aircraft of the 1930s, such as the Junkers Ju 52 airliner, and Junkers Ju 87 Stuka iconic World War II dive bomber. Notable experimental aircraft using flaperons include the V-22 Osprey, the Zenith STOL CH 701, the Kitfox, the ICP Savannah and the IBIS

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1. flaperon

   Is a control surface on the wing of an aircraft that stabilizes the aircraft during takeoff, flight and landing.

   The pilot has controls for flaperon and ailerons.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on August 5, 2015  

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of flaperon in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of flaperon in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of flaperon in a Sentence

1. Martin Dolan:

   The preference would be to get a direct, physical link between this flaperon and MH370, if we can't do that, then obviously, we'll have to find a way of eliminating all other possibilities.

2. Paris Prosecutor Serge Mackowiak:

   On this basis, it was possible for a connection to be made between the object examined by the experts and the flaperon of the Boeing 777 of MH370.

3. Abdul Aziz:

   It is almost certain that the flaperon is from a Boeing 777 aircraft. Our chief investigator here told me this.

4. Greg Waldron:

   The real key to finding out what, exactly, happened to MH370 is finding the debris field in the seas west of Australia ... Debris such as the flaperon can only increase our understanding of the last seconds of the flight.

5. Mary Schiavo:

   The problem is the only way for parts of the plane to get to Reunion Island is to continue to float, the flaperon could because there are spaces inside that part that could allow air to be trapped and for it to float.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Flaperon
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=flaperon