conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages,...
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Flight Control System (IFCS) is a next-generation flight control system designed to provide increased safety for the crew and passengers of aircraft as...
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Fly-by-wire (redirect from Fly by wire (flight control))
is a system that replaces the conventional manual flight controls of an aircraft with an electronic interface. The movements of flight controls are converted...
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Aircraft flight control surfaces are aerodynamic devices allowing a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective...
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flight control mode or flight control law is a computer software algorithm that transforms the movement of the yoke or joystick, made by an aircraft pilot...
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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 software systems control, manage, and apply the subsystems that are engaged with avionics on board an aircraft. Flight control systems can be manually...
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position, the FMS can guide the aircraft along the flight plan. From the cockpit, the FMS is normally controlled through a Control Display Unit (CDU) which incorporates...
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aircraft, but also extends to rotary aircraft such as helicopters, and dirigibles, where the flight dynamics involved in establishing and controlling...
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Aircraft flight mechanics are relevant to fixed wing (gliders, aeroplanes) and rotary wing (helicopters) aircraft. An aeroplane (airplane in US usage)...
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first aircraft to demonstrate active control about all three axes was the Wright brothers' 1902 glider. Aerodynamics Aircraft flight control system Euler...
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Air data inertial reference unit (redirect from Qantas Flight 68)
electronic flight instrument system displays as well as other systems on the aircraft such as the engines, autopilot, aircraft flight control system and landing...
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Yoke (aeronautics) (redirect from Control column)
intended for flight simulators. Index of aviation articles Aircraft flight control system HOTAS, an acronym for hands on throttle-and-stick Rudder pedals...
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Throughout a normal flight, a pilot controls an aircraft through the use of flight controls including maintaining straight and level flight, as well as turns...
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Avionics (redirect from Aircraft electronics)
the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the hundreds...
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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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Flight envelope protection is a human machine interface extension of an aircraft's control system that prevents the pilot of an aircraft from making control...
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attack, sending the aircraft into a spin. In many modern aircraft, flight envelope protection in the aircraft flight control system prevents this from...
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the French-Italian aircraft manufacturer ATR and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney Canada PW127 turboprops. It made its first flight on March 7, 1994,...
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intakes, and environmental control intakes. Ice buildup can change the shape of airfoils and flight control surfaces, degrading control and handling characteristics...
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that govern how aircraft fly, how they react to applications of flight controls, the effects of other aircraft systems, and how the aircraft reacts to external...
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Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers (people) who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given...
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caused 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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Autopilot (redirect from Track control system)
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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communicated with air traffic control (ATC) around 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea. The aircraft was lost from ATC's secondary...
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conventional winged flight speeds, such as with the Harrier "jump jet", may also be referred to as a reaction control system. Reaction control systems are capable...
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An airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) system is an airborne radar early warning system designed to detect aircraft, ships, vehicles, missiles and...
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the aircraft impacted the sea. The captain's mistaken perception of the aircraft's attitude resulted in him using the aircraft flight control system to...
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A radio-controlled aircraft (often called RC aircraft or RC plane) is a small flying machine that is radio controlled by an operator on the ground using...
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aeronautics, an environmental control system (ECS) of an aircraft is an essential component which provides air supply, thermal control and cabin pressurization...
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