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    An aileron (French for "little wing" or "fin") is a hinged flight control surface usually forming part of the trailing edge of each wing of a fixed-wing...
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    The aileron roll is an aerobatic maneuver in which an aircraft does a full 360° revolution about its longitudinal axis. When executed properly, there...
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  • The Ailerons were an English indie rock band featuring Charity Hair, Daniel Beattie, Dave Rowntree, Grog Prebble and Mike Smith. In 2006, they were brought...
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  • Look up Aileron in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Aileron may refer to: Aileron, an aircraft control surface Aileron (architecture), an architectural...
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  • Adverse yaw (redirect from Aileron drag)
    in lift and drag of each wing. The effect can be greatly minimized with ailerons deliberately designed to create drag when deflected upward and/or mechanisms...
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    the dimensions and powertrain of the Aileron Spyder are identical to those of the standard Aileron. The Aileron Spyder would replace the original C8 Spyder...
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    turns the wheel counter-clockwise, the left aileron goes up and the right aileron goes down. A raised aileron reduces lift on that wing and a lowered one...
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    An aileron in architecture is a half-gable, typically found in pairs flanking a central mass over subsidiary elements. In churches they are typically...
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    the use of ailerons alone due to aileron drag, wherein the lifting wing (aileron down) is doing more work than the descending wing (aileron up) and therefore...
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    Deceleron (redirect from Split aileron)
    or split aileron, was developed in the late 1940s by Northrop, originally for use on the F-89 Scorpion fighter. It is a two-part aileron that can be...
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    portmanteau of flap and aileron) on an aircraft's wing is a type of control surface that combines the functions of both flaps and ailerons. Some smaller kitplanes...
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  • The story of the game begins when country-boy-turned-adventurer Stahn Aileron, who seeks fame and adventure, sneaks aboard the flying ship Draconis as...
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    best known for his invention of the aileron, a primary aeronautical flight control device. He patented the aileron in 1868, some 36 years before it was...
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    3g, and no less than 0.5g. The barrel roll is commonly confused with an aileron roll. The barrel roll is so named because an aircraft executing this maneuver...
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  • Extinguishing -30 Explosion Suppression 27 FLIGHT CONTROLS -00 General -10 Aileron & Tab -20 Rudder & Tab -30 Elevator & Tab -40 Horizontal Stabilizer -50...
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    A rolleron is a type of aileron used for rockets and used to provide passive stabilization against rotation. While most commonly used to stabilize against...
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    applied to eliminate the crab, with a simultaneous application of opposite aileron to maintain a wings-level attitude, so that at touch down, the body, velocity...
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    partial-span flaps; spanwise from near the wing root to the inboard end of the ailerons. When partial-span flaps are extended they alter the spanwise lift distribution...
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  • sailplane with ailerons to 7000 watt competition F5b planes. General characteristics of a hotliner are: Sailplane with at least aileron and elevator control...
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    formers. At first, the ailerons, elevators, and rudder were fabric-covered, but once combat experience showed that fabric-covered ailerons were impossible to...
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    control. Steering is achieved through various arrangements, among them ailerons for airplanes, rudders for boats, tilting rotors for helicopters, and many...
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    are used, especially on a large aircraft: Aileron station (AS), distance from the inboard edge of an aileron; Flap station (KS), distance from the edge...
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  • aileron reversal airspeed of 580 mph, and any attempt to increase the aileron area would have resulted in the wing twisting when the larger ailerons were...
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    In aeronautics, spoilerons (also known as spoiler ailerons or roll spoilers) are spoilers that can be used asymmetrically as flight control surfaces to...
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    to fail. Control reversal is a phenomenon occurring only in wings with ailerons or other control surfaces, in which these control surfaces reverse their...
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    hinged elevators during supersonic flight. Delta winged aircraft combine ailerons and elevators –and their respective control inputs– into one control surface...
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    the trailing edges of aircraft. These include (electrically grounded) ailerons, elevators, rudder, wing, horizontal and vertical stabilizer tips. Static...
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    blamed the crash on the pilot's failure to remove gust locks on the right aileron and the rudder before takeoff, as well as an overloaded baggage compartment...
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    attack, the wing tips remain retracted allowing the aircraft to retain aileron control. Conversely to more conventional rear-swept wings, forward sweep...
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    Aileron Tales of Destiny 2 - Stan Aileron Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 2 - Stan Aileron Tales of the World: Narikiri Dungeon 3 - Stan Aileron...
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