flight control
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English[edit]
Noun[edit]
flight control (countable and uncountable, plural flight controls)
- (aviation, countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- The airplane's primary flight controls comprise elevators and ailerons driven by manually-controlled servo tabs and a hydraulically-powered rudder and spoilerons.
- (aviation, by extension, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
- (space flight, uncountable) Mission control.
Hyponyms[edit]
(aircraft control mechanism):
Translations[edit]
aviation: system
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