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Collection of control yokes at Boeing Future of Flight Museum: 747, 707, B-29, Trimotor.The former two yokes are W-shaped, while the latter two are circular. The cockpit of Concorde, which has an M-shaped yoke mounted on a control column The cockpit of an Embraer ERJ with an M-shaped yoke "W"/"U" style yoke in a Cessna 152 light aircraft, mounted on a horizontal tube protruding from the ...
A 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, into movements of the aircraft control surfaces. The control surface movements depend on which of several modes the flight computer is in.
Cockpit controls and instrument panel of a Cessna 182D Skylane. Generally, the primary cockpit flight controls are arranged as follows: [2] A control yoke (also known as a control column), centre stick or side-stick (the latter two also colloquially known as a control or joystick), governs the aircraft's roll and pitch by moving the ailerons (or activating wing warping on some very early ...
The rudder is a fundamental control surface which is typically controlled by pedals rather than at the stick. It is the primary means of controlling yaw—the rotation of an airplane about its vertical axis. The rudder may also be called upon to counter-act the adverse yaw produced by the roll-control surfaces.
The Airbus A320 family was the first airliner to feature a full glass cockpit and digital fly-by-wire flight control system. The only analogue instruments were the radio magnetic indicator, brake pressure indicator, standby altimeter and artificial horizon, the latter two being replaced by a digital integrated standby instrument system in later production models.
A fly-by-wire centre stick in a preproduction Eurofighter Typhoon cockpit Central forward area of the Mirage III cockpit, showing a centre stick. A centre stick (or center stick in the United States), or simply control stick, is an aircraft cockpit arrangement where the control column (or joystick) is located in the center of the cockpit either between the pilot's legs or between the pilots ...
Whether you're heading on an airplane for the holidays or need to make your morning commute a little more entertaining, we suggest freeing up some storage and making room for all of your favorite ...
X-53 Active Aeroelastic Wing in flight. Several technology research and development efforts exist to integrate the functions of aircraft flight control systems such as ailerons, elevators, elevons and flaps into wings to perform the aerodynamic purpose with the advantages of less: mass, cost, drag, inertia (for faster, stronger control response), complexity (mechanically simpler, fewer moving ...