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flight controls

flight controls is the plural of flight control.

Meaning of flight control

Noun

flight control (countable and uncountable, plural flight controls)

  1. (countable) A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
    • The airplane's primary flight controls comprise elevators and ailerons driven by manually-controlled servo tabs, and a hydraulically-powered rudder and spoilerons.
  2. (broadly, uncountable) The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
  3. (uncountable, space flight) Mission control.

Questions about flight controls

What is flight controls the plural of?
Flight controls is the plural of flight control.

Words near flight controls in the dictionary

  1. flight code
  2. flight codes
  3. flight control
  4. flight controller
  5. flight controllers
  6. flight controls
  7. flight crew
  8. flight crews
  9. flight data recorder
  10. flight data recorders
  11. flight deck

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