flight control
flight control · flight controls
A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or…A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
Meaning
3 senses(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.
(broadly, uncountable)The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
(uncountable)Mission control.
More definitions
- control from ground stations of airplanes in flight by means of messages transmitted to the pilot electronically
Forms
plural: flight controls| Singular | flight control |
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Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable