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    Elevons or tailerons are aircraft control surfaces that combine the functions of the elevator (used for pitch control) and the aileron (used for roll...
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  • Interactive Systems (or simply Walker Interactive, Inc.) and then briefly Elevon, Inc., was an American software company of the late 1970s through the early...
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    Infinium Software in December, 2002 Ironside Technologies, in June, 2003 Elevon Inc, in July, 2003 Baan, in July, 2003 EXE Technologies, in December, 2003...
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    Elevon is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elevon...
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    transonic, eventually leading to the failure of the rocket's starboard elevon. This caused the rocket to deviate significantly from the planned course...
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    –and their respective control inputs– into one control surface called an elevon. Elevators are usually part of the tail, at the rear of an aircraft. In...
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    problem. With a conventional elliptical lift distribution the downgoing elevon causes increased induced drag that causes the aircraft to yaw out of the...
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    depending instead on combined elevator and aileron control surfaces (called elevons) for control in pitch and roll attitudes, almost exactly in the manner...
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    https://web.archive.org/web/20060517014448/http://www.csd.uwo.ca/~pettypi/elevon/baugher_other/bv155.html#RTFToC2 https://web.archive...
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    stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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    stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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    surfaces are used throughout the aircraft's flight envelope, the inner elevons are normally only in use at slow speeds, such as landing. To avoid potential...
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    and 45° at the outer leading edge. Each wing had an inboard and outboard elevon to provide flight control during reentry, along with a flap located between...
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    drag. Aileron M. P. W. Boulton, the British inventor (1868) of the aileron Elevon – a combination elevator/aileron used on Bleriot's earliest designs and...
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    sections. Control was achieved via two wing-tip elevons, which combined the functionality of traditional elevons and ailerons; a pair of Fowler flaps were also...
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    stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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  • stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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    stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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    STS-1 entry anomalies, the first roll maneuver was flown manually and the elevon scheduling was adjusted to offload the body flap. Chase 1 crewed by astronauts...
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  • during the course of its brief flight.: 33–37  The fire damaged the inner elevon of the left wing and it began to disintegrate,: 164  melted by the extremely...
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    penetrated by the jet engine inlets, and a secondary spar used for mounting the elevons. It was designed with a 7g load factor and a 1.8× safety rating giving...
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    trailing edges of the elevons. Control of the aircraft was achieved through the use of a system of elevons and wingtip rudders. The elevons served in tailless...
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    Several factors could prevent a successful recovery; if the pilot applied elevon, if the center of gravity was not correctly positioned, or if the spin occurred...
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    stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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    the canards and ailerons, because the canards disturb airflow to inner elevons (flaps). The yaw control is done by a large, single rudder. Engines are...
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    outermost parts of the wing could be rotated and repositioned to function as elevons for stability and control purposes. New wing designs that presented a low...
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    stick Deceleron Dive brake Dual control Electro-hydraulic actuator Elevator Elevon Flaperon Flight control modes Fly-by-wire Gust lock HOTAS Rudder Rudder...
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  • The flight controls are unconventional; pitch and roll are controlled by elevons and yaw is controlled by the wing tip rudders. The main landing gear has...
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    control surfaces consisted of a rudder, along with inboard and outboard elevons, the outer sections being fitted with mass-balance weights. Each surface...
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    on the fin controlling yaw. Elevators and ailerons may be combined as elevons on tailless aircraft. The shape of the trailing edge is of prime importance...
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