conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages,...
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Yoke (aeronautics) (redirect from Yoke (aircraft))
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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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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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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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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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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Aircraft engine controls provide a means for the pilot to control and monitor the operation of the aircraft's powerplant. This article describes controls...
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A flight control computer (FCC) is a primary component of the avionics system found in fly-by-wire aircraft. It is a specialized computer system that can...
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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 altitude resulted in him using the aircraft flight control system to...
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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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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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for short flights, by human muscle energy (e.g.: Gossamer Condor). The avionics comprise any electronic aircraft flight control systems and related...
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Joystick (redirect from Control stick)
switches to control functions of the aircraft controlled by the Pilot and First Officer of the flight. Joysticks are often used to control video games...
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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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aircraft, saving it and the remaining passengers and crew. Authorities later discovered that Ramzi Yousef, a passenger on the aircraft's prior flight...
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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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control (ATC) around 38 minutes after takeoff when the flight was over the South China Sea. The aircraft was lost from ATC's secondary surveillance radar screens...
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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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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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escaped, damaging the insulation of electrical wires and the aircraft flight control system. After takeoff, the resulting short circuit caused 2,000 °C...
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critical flight control system during flight. The probable cause was stated to be "a loss of airplane pitch control resulting from the in-flight failure...
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