A pivoted flap mechanism for adjusting an aerodynamic pivotable flap associated with a wing, including: an actuating device including a gear device; a drive device including a drive arm that rotates about an axis, and which is structured and arranged to load the actuating device; and a flap support composed of a leading flap support portion and a trailing flap support portion. The aerodynamic pivotable flap is arranged on the flap support, and a steering arm of the gear device is swivellably coupled by a link to a part of the trailing flap support portion adjacent the leading flap support portion. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.