Aircraft engine controls provide a means for the pilot to control and monitor the operation of the aircraft's powerplant. This article describes controls...

engine control unit (ECU), also called an engine control module (ECM), is a device that controls various subsystems of an internal combustion engine....

operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered flight controls as they change speed. The...

controller" (EEC) or "engine control unit" (ECU), and its related accessories that control all aspects of aircraft engine performance. FADECs have been...

aircraft configurations may use different control surfaces but the basic principles remain. The controls (stick and rudder) for rotary wing aircraft (helicopter...

and descending. Some controls, such as a "yoke" or "stick" move and adjust the control surfaces which affects the aircraft's attitude in the three axes...

Many variations of aircraft engine starting have been used since the Wright brothers made their first powered flight in 1903. The methods used have been...

Safran Aircraft Engines, previously Snecma (Société nationale d'études et de construction de moteurs d'aviation) or Snecma Moteurs, is a French aerospace...

Aero Engine Controls is the former name of Rolls-Royce Controls and Data Services. The company produces engine control software, electronic engine controls...

rate of turn (bank angle) through the use of the aircraft flight controls and aircraft engine controls to adjust the "sight picture". Some reference to...

Semiconductor Fairchild Camera and Instrument Ranger/Fairchild Engines List of aircraft engines Donald M. Pattillo. A History in the Making: 80 Turbulent Years...

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

stabilizer) – controls yaw (left and right). Throttle – controls engine rpm (or thrust for jets and ducted fans, or motor speed for electric RC Aircraft). Ailerons –...

airfoil, or, in a few cases, direct downward thrust from its engines. Common examples of aircraft include airplanes, rotorcraft (including helicopters), airships...

aircraft engines. Types past and present include microlights (Ultralight or ULM), including the Calypso, two-seat trainers and recreational aircraft (J120/J160/...

Helicopter flight controls are used to achieve and maintain controlled aerodynamic helicopter flight. Changes to the aircraft flight control system transmit...

catapult – Aircraft engine controls – Aircraft fairing – Aircraft lavatory – Aircraft marshalling – Aircraft noise – Aircraft ordnance – Aircraft periscope...

A variable cycle engine (VCE), also referred to as adaptive cycle engine (ACE), is an aircraft jet engine that is designed to operate efficiently under...

exiting the engine pylon for use throughout the aircraft). In civil aircraft, bleed air's primary use is to provide pressure for the aircraft cabin by supplying...

exchangers used for cooling internal combustion engines, mainly in automobiles but also in piston-engined aircraft, railway locomotives, motorcycles, stationary...

jet engine and marine gas turbine engine, avionics, hardware development, spares supply, overhauling and upgrading of Indian military aircraft. The HAL...

The critical engine of a multi-engine fixed-wing aircraft is the engine that, in the event of failure, would most adversely affect the performance or handling...

increasingly went into overcoming the air resistance of the spinning engine. Engine controls were tricky (see below), and resulted in fuel waste. The late World...

An aircraft pilot or aviator is a person who controls the flight of an aircraft by operating its directional flight controls. Some other aircrew members...

The minimum control speed (VMC) of a multi-engine aircraft (specifically an airplane) is a V-speed that specifies the calibrated airspeed below which directional...

Brayton thermodynamic cycle. Jet aircraft use such engines for long-distance travel. Early jet aircraft used turbojet engines that were relatively inefficient...

The HAL Tejas (lit. 'Radiant') is an Indian single-engine, delta wing, multirole combat aircraft designed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA)...

of the engine it controls. Normally, there is one thrust lever for each engine. The thrust levers are normally found in the aircraft's center console,...

Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA) is an Indian single-seat, twin-engine, all-weather fifth-generation stealth, multirole combat aircraft being developed...

commonly encountered single engine aircraft at that scale, and multi-engine aircraft in 1:144th scale. They hoped to improve aircraft recognition skills and...