"John R Weiss" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote...

Exactly where would I find a
reference to "a spoiler flap in a speedbrake configuration," and in
what
context?

Also, I just looked through 14CFR Part 121 -- including 121.343,
121.344, and
Appendices B and M (the FAA standards for Flight Recorder and DFDR
operational
parameters) -- and found absolutely no reference to "spoiler flaps" in
ANYconfiguration.

Or even "spoiler". Although, anyone familiar with aerodynamic surfaces
could use the full nomenclature for the fixed spoiler, or the spoiler
flap.

Nope.

14CFR Part 121 (as cited above) has references to "Ground spoiler" and
"spoilers" and "spoiler", but NONE to "fixed spoiler" or "spoiler flap".


None of that changes the fact that a fixed spoiler is different from a
spoiler flap. Just as a kreuger flap is different from a fowler flap.