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Old 16th Dec 2009, 22:40
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If memory serves correctly, the MD-11 necessitated "drooped ailerons" to be able to appropriately spread the forces along the wing ... at least for takeoff ... and I don't recall about the remainder of the flight envelope. But, unfortunately, they didn't initially account for the additional lift/drag from the drooped ailerons and the resultant fuel burn ... and that led to other circumstances ... and so on.
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