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Old 20th Jun 2009, 21:21
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In your linked diagram, those appear to be hinge points on the outboard side of the outboard aileron. The actuators are on the inboard (wide) side, see the planview photo here:

Airbus A330 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...5b-dbs_arp.jpg

They are also external to the structure and reside in aerodynamic nacelles, because one needs a greater moment arm from the actuator than with the elevator, I would imagine.

Barnyard math based on this photo yields a length for the outboard aileron of 16 ft (~5m) while the elevator is about 30 ft (~10m) - this does tend to indicate the aileron but I don't know how much structure is missing in the debris.

The photo mentioned shows what a magnificently beautiful airplane this beast is - sigh

-drl
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