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What is a flaperon?

What is a flaperon? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (aviation, aeronautics, aircraft) 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, thus affecting the angle of attack).
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A stall speed for zero flaperon deflection is not given. Pilots who have flown the Kitfox IV indicate that it has reasonable stall characteristics without the tendency to drop a wing during the exercise.
Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said a maintenance seal on the flaperon matches the airline's records, though he didn't elaborate.
Malaysia's Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said tests in France had made this link with a recentlydiscovered flaperon from an airplane wing.
Mr Truss told a press conference that a number stamped on the flaperon could be used to quickly identify whether it is from the missing plane.
A flaperon appeared on Reunion last week, and was sent to France to be assessed by experts, and has now been verified as genuine.
Experts have said the two-metre object washed up on a beach could be a moveable piece of a Boeing 777's wing, called a flaperon.

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