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Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing and a trailing edge device coupled to the wing. The trailing edge device can be movab

Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing and a trailing edge device coupled to the wing. The trailing edge device can be movable relative to the wing between a stowed position and a deployed position, with the trailing edge device having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper surface, and a lower surface. The upper surface can have an intersection point with the wing when the trailing edge device is in the stowed position. The motion of the trailing edge device relative to the wing can include rotational motion about a hinge line positioned forward of the intersection point, and a gap can be positioned between the trailing edge of the wing and the leading edge of the trailing edge device when the trailing edge device is in the deployed position.

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We claim: 1. A method for operating an aircraft wing, comprising:moving a wing trailing edge device from a stowed position to a deployed position by rotating the trailing edge device about a hinge line located forward of an intersection point between an upper surface of the trailing edge device and

We claim: 1. A method for operating an aircraft wing, comprising:moving a wing trailing edge device from a stowed position to a deployed position by rotating the trailing edge device about a hinge line located forward of an intersection point between an upper surface of the trailing edge device and the wing so as to open an airflow gap between a leading edge of the trailing edge device and the wing; andallowing freestream air to pass though the gap while the trailing edge device is in the deployed position; whereinthe trailing edge device has a trailing edge, a chord length C between the leading edge and the trailing edge, and an external surface that includes the upper surface and a lower surface, and wherein the intersection point between the trailing edge device and the wing results when the trailing edge device is in the stowed position, and wherein on a graph depicting locations forward and aft of the intersection point along an x-axis, and locations above and below the intersection point along a y-axis, the hinge line is positioned forward of and above a series of generally straight line segments line passing through the following coordinates: (0.05*C, −0.05*C), (0.1*C, −0.2*C), (0.2*C, −0.3*C), (0.5*C, −0.4*C), and (1.0*C, −0.5*C.