aileron
The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal…The hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
» The flaps and ailerons are connected to the backside of the wings.
Meaning
2 sensesThe hinged part on the trailing edge of an airplane wing, used to control longitudinal turns.
Querruder
элеро́нelerón
A half gable, as at the end of a penthouse or of the aisle of a church.
- an airfoil that controls lateral motion
Examples
3 sentencesThe flaps and ailerons are connected to the backside of the wings.
Crosswind landings require coordinated rudder and aileron input to maintain alignment to the runway.
The pilot controls the roll of the plane by raising one aileron or the other with a control wheel.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (“wing”), also refers to the extremitiesBorrowed from French aileron, diminutive of aile (“wing”), also refers to the extremities of a bird's wings used to control their flight. It first appeared in print in the 7th edition of Cassell's French-English Dictionary of 1877, with its lead meaning of "small wing". In the context of powered airplanes it appears in print about 1908, in the French aviation journal L'Aérophile.
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