spoileron
Sign in to savethumb|upright=1.35|Italian Air Force Panavia Tornado|Tornado with a spoileron deployed In aeronautics, spoilerons (also known as spoiler ailerons or roll spoilers) are spoilers that can be used asymmetrically as flight control surfaces to provide roll control.
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- Operation
- Purpose
- Disadvantages
- Examples
- See also
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thumb|upright=1.35|Italian Air Force Panavia Tornado|Tornado with a spoileron deployed In aeronautics, spoilerons (also known as spoiler ailerons or roll spoilers) are spoilers that can be used asymmetrically as flight control surfaces to provide roll control.
==Operation== Spoilerons roll an aircraft by reducing the lift of the downward-going wing. Unlike ailerons, spoilers do not increase the lift and drag of the upward-going wing. A raised spoileron increases the drag on the down-going wing where it is deployed, causing the aircraft to yaw in the direction of the turn. Spoilerons can be used to assist ailerons or to replace them entirely, as in the B-52G which required an extra spoiler segment in place of ailerons present on other B-52 models.