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flap·er·on

(flăp′ə-rŏn′)

A control surface on an aircraft wing functioning both as a flap and as an aileron.

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flaperon

(ˈflæpəˌrɒn)

a control flap on aircraft wing

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Preflight is a combination of glider and two-place trainer--the only unorthodox parts include inspection of the flaperons to assure the various segments deploy appropriately at all flap settings and left/right stick positions and to install the nearly three-root-long pitot tube.

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