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  1. Aircraft flight controls include both primary and secondary systems12345:
    • Primary controls: Ailerons, elevator, and rudder, which provide aerodynamic force to control the aircraft's direction and attitude.
    • Secondary controls: Improve performance characteristics or relieve the pilot of excessive control forces.
    • Aircraft move about three axes: longitudinal, lateral, and vertical.
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    Aircraft flight controls are the means by which a pilot controls the direction and attitude of an aircraft in flight. Flight control systems are subdivided into what are referred to as primary and secondary flight controls.
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    A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered flight controls as they change speed.
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    The primary controls are the ailerons, elevator, and the rudder, which provide the aerodynamic force to make the aircraft follow a desired flight path. [Figure] The flight control surfaces are hinged or movable airfoils designed to change the attitude of the aircraft by changing the airflow over the aircraft’s surface during flight.
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    Aircraft are controlled through primary and secondary flight controls, and move over three axes known as longitudinal, lateral, and vertical axes. The airplane moves about these axes through roll, pitch, and yaw. Aircraft flight controls allow the pilot to control the direction of the airplane over three axes known as roll, pitch, and yaw.
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    The primary control systems consist of those that are required to safely control an airplane during flight. These include the ailerons, elevator (or stabilator), and rudder. Secondary control systems improve the performance characteristics of the airplane, or relieve the pilot of excessive control forces.
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    Aircraft flight control system - Wikipedia

    A conventional fixed-wing aircraft flight control system (AFCS) consists of flight control surfaces, the respective cockpit controls, connecting linkages, and the necessary operating mechanisms to control an aircraft's direction in flight. Aircraft engine controls are also considered flight controls as they … See more

    Primary controls
    Generally, the primary cockpit flight controls are arranged as follows:
    • A control yoke (also known as a control column), See more

    Mechanical
    Mechanical or manually operated flight control systems are the most basic method of controlling an aircraft. They were used in early … See more

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    Several technology research and development efforts exist to integrate the functions of flight control systems such as ailerons, elevators, elevons, flaps, and flaperons into wings to perform the aerodynamic purpose with the advantages of less: mass, cost, … See more

     
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