control surfaces. The control surface movements depend on which of several modes the flight computer is in. In aircraft in which the flight control system...

Flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. The primary function of these is...

flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted to electronic signals, and flight control...

conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and...

a joystick, to actuate control surfaces. There are also computer input devices designed to simulate a yoke, intended for flight simulators. Index of aviation...

engine control systems consisted of simple mechanical linkages connected physically to the engine. By moving these levers the pilot or the flight engineer...

controls a flight control system to guide the aircraft. In such a system, besides classic flight controls, many autopilots incorporate thrust control...

Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder pedals Servo tab Side-stick...

Aircraft software systems control, manage, and apply the subsystems that are engaged with avionics on board an aircraft. Flight control systems can be manually...

Mumford 1964, Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 64-18757, section 5.7 "Modes of Supersonic Diffuser Operation" "Ramjet Intakes", T.Cain, Gas Dynamics...

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents...

auxiliary power sources the RAT will power vital systems (flight controls, linked hydraulics and also flight-critical instrumentation). Some RATs produce only...

A flight control computer (FCC) is a primary component of the avionics system found in fly-by-wire aircraft. It is a specialized computer system that can...

especially concerning with nacelles containing engines, as the fuel lines and control for multiple engine functions must all go through the pylons. It is often...

have the disadvantage that, unlike drop tanks, they cannot be discarded in flight, because they are plumbed into the aircraft and so can only be removed on...

Of Design Variants For Low Altitude Flight Parameters Measuring System". 17th IFAC Symposium for Automatic Control. "How NASA Designed a Helicopter That...

attached directly to the aircraft's control surfaces, while others are attached to the relevant flight controls inside the cockpit. A gust lock can pose...

In-flight entertainment (IFE) refers to entertainment and other value-added services available to aircraft passengers during a flight. Frequently managed...

meets. Essential flight control surfaces are attached here to control the direction of the departing air flow, and exert a controlling force on the aircraft...

frequency, for instance because the VFR flight leaves controlled airspace or changes to another ATC unit, the VFR flight will be told to "squawk VFR" again...

R.A.F. Flight 1959 Green, W. and Swanborough, G.; The complete book of fighters, Salamander, 1994 Lee, Gwo-Bin. "Leading-edge Vortices Control on a Delta...

mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft to improve the flight characteristics either by controlling the airflow (acting as large vortex generators) or by...

the concept of placing buttons and switches on the throttle lever and flight control stick in an aircraft cockpit. By adopting such an arrangement, pilots...

A cockpit or flight deck is the area, on the front part of an aircraft, spacecraft, or submersible, from which a pilot controls the vehicle. The cockpit...

for the rocket in flight. Analog computer signals were used to drive four graphite rudders in the rocket exhaust for flight control. The GN&C (Guidance...

bird's flight patterns and wing form. In practice, since most wing warping designs involved flexing of structural members, they were difficult to control and...

FMS can guide the aircraft along the flight plan. From the cockpit, the FMS is normally controlled through a Control Display Unit (CDU) which incorporates...

Mechanics of flight, 8th Edn., Pitman, 1972 Taylor 1990, p. 346 Taylor 1990, p. 399. Abzug, Malcomb (2005). Airplane Stability and Control: A History of...

reaction control valves as used for part of the flight control system in the Harrier family of military aircraft. On about 1 in 5,000 flights, bleed air...

surfaces which stabilise the flight dynamics of yaw and pitch, as well as housing control surfaces. In spite of effective control surfaces, many early aircraft...