flight control

noun

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.”

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Meanings

nounflight control (countable and uncountable, plural flight controls)

plural flight controls

  1. countableaeronauticsA 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. broadlyuncountableaeronauticsThe process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
  3. uncountablespace flightMission control.

Translations

Finnish vakausjärjestelmä, vakautus
  • vakausjärjestelmäaviation: system
  • vakautusaviation: process
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APA

flight control. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20control

MLA

“flight control.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20control. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flight control,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flight%20control.

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