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Flight controls may refer to:

  • Flight control surfaces, the movable surfaces that control the flight of an airplane
  • Aircraft flight control system, flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, and the systems linking the two
  • Helicopter flight controls, similar systems for a helicopter
  • Triangle control frame, the A-frame-like handle used to control hang gliders
  • Kite control systems
  • Flight Control (video game), an iPhone game

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Helicopter flight controls

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

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Aircraft flight control system

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fundamentals of aircraft controls are explained in flight dynamics. This article centers on the operating mechanisms of the flight controls. The basic system...

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Flight control surfaces

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rotating flight controls (main rotor disk and tail rotor disk) in a completely different manner. Flight control surfaces are operated by aircraft flight control...

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Flight controls

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Flight controls may refer to: Flight control surfaces, the movable surfaces that control the flight of an airplane Aircraft flight control system, flight...

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Flight with disabled controls

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and landing aircraft with disabled controls. A basic means of controlling an aircraft with disabled flight controls is making use of the position of the...

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Flight control modes

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under Airbus flight control laws. The flight controls on the Airbus A330, for example, are all electronically controlled and hydraulically activated. Some...

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Controlled flight into terrain

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aviation, a controlled flight into terrain (CFIT; usually /ˈsiːfɪt/ SEE-fit) is an accident in which an airworthy aircraft, fully under pilot control, is unintentionally...

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Autopilot

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

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Flight control computer

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navigation. It also controls the plane's flight control surfaces, such as the ailerons, elevators, and rudder. A dedicated flight control computer handles...

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United Airlines Flight 232

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defect in the engine's fan disk, which resulted in the loss of all flight controls. Of the 296 passengers and crew on board, 112 died during the accident...

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Intelligent flight control system

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The Intelligent Flight Control System (IFCS) is a next-generation flight control system designed to provide increased safety for the crew and passengers...

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Japan Air Lines Flight 123

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the loss of all on-board hydraulic systems, disabling the aircraft's flight controls. The accident aircraft, a Boeing 747SR-46 with registration JA8119...

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Reeve Aleutian Airways Flight 8

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propellers broke away from its engine and struck the fuselage, damaging the flight controls. The pilots were able to make an emergency landing at Anchorage International...

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Helicopter

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with Dutch Army-Air arm Captain Floris Albert van Heijst at the controls. The controls that van Heijst used were von Baumhauer's inventions, the cyclic...

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Visual flight

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the use of the aircraft flight controls and aircraft engine controls to adjust the "sight picture". Some reference to flight instruments is usually necessary...

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Indian Airlines Flight 605

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and slats, and several other flight controls. However, they didn't find any abnormalities on these controls. Control failure was ruled out as a possible...

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Loganair Flight 6780

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what the pilots had believed, and the nose-up pitch inputs to the flight controls made by the pilots were countered by the autopilot's pitch trim function...

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LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055

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decided to continue the flight to Warsaw was initially unclear at the time, given the rapidly spreading fire and lost flight controls, rather than land as...

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Air France Flight 447

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comparison of Airbus and Boeing flight controls; unlike the control yoke used on Boeing flight decks, the Airbus side-stick controls give little visual feedback...

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Air Astana Flight 1388

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direct mode for flight controls which disconnects the FCM (flight control module) from the controls. This considerably increased controllability of the pitch...

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Flight engineer

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gauges and indicators or forward to operate throttles, lighting controls, flight controls. On the Tupolev Tu-134 the FE sits in the nose of the aircraft...

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FADEC

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and Smiths Industries Controls. True full authority digital engine controls have no form of manual override nor manual controls available, placing full...

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American Airlines Flight 191

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operating this flight was taking off from runway 32R at O'Hare International when its left engine detached from the wing, causing a loss of control, and the...

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American Airlines Flight 587

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but instead use conventional mechanical flight controls. The NTSB asserted that the A300-600 rudder control system was vulnerable to unnecessarily excessive...

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Avionics

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avionics. The civilian market has also seen a growth in cost of avionics. Flight control systems (fly-by-wire) and new navigation needs brought on by tighter...

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Flight simulator

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equations that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of flight controls, the effects of other aircraft systems, and how the aircraft reacts...

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United Airlines Flight 175

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to usurp the flight controls once the captain and first officer were eliminated. Unlike the team on Flight 11, the terrorists aboard Flight 175 did not...

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ATA 100

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pylon -30 Controls and Indicating 67 ROTORS FLIGHT CONTROL -00 General -10 Rotor -20 Anti-torque Rotor control (Yaw control) -30 Servo-control System 70...

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