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    Aircraft flight control surfaces allow a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight controls was a critical advance in the development of aircraft. Early efforts at fixed-wing aircraft design succeeded in generating sufficient lift to get the aircraft off the ground, but once aloft, the aircraft proved uncontrollable, often with disastrous results. The development of effective flight controls is what allowed stable flight. This article describes the control surfaces used on a fixed-wing aircraft of conventional design. Other fixed-wing aircraft configurations may use different control surfaces but the basic principles remain. The controls (stick and rudder) for rotary wing aircraft (helicopter or autogyro) accomplish the same motions about the three axes of rotation, but manipulate the rotating flight controls (main rotor disk and tail rotor disk) in a completely different manner.

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    Aircraft flight control surfaces allow a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight controls was a critical advance in the development of aircraft. Early efforts at fixed-wing aircraft design succeeded in generating sufficient lift to get the aircraft off the ground, but once aloft, the aircraft proved uncontrollable, often with disastrous results. The development of effective flight controls is what allowed stable flight. This article describes the control surfaces used on a fixed-wing aircraft of conventional design. Other fixed-wing aircraft configurations may use different control surfaces but the basic principles remain. The controls (stick and rudder) for rotary wing aircraft (helicopter or autogyro) accomplish the same motions about the three axes of rotation, but manipulate the rotating flight controls (main rotor disk and tail rotor disk) in a completely different manner.

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    Aircraft flight control surfaces allow a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight attitude. Development of an effective set of flight controls was a critical advance in the development of aircraft. Early efforts at fixed-wing aircraft design succeeded in generating sufficient lift to get the aircraft off the ground, but once aloft, the aircraft proved uncontrollable, often with disastrous results. The development of effective flight controls is what allowed stable flight. This article describes the control surfaces used on a fixed-wing aircraft of conventional design. Other fixed-wing aircraft configurations may use different control surfaces but the basic principles remain. The controls (stick and rudder) for rotary wing aircraft (helicopter or autogyro) accomplish the same motions about the three axes of rotation, but manipulate the rotating flight controls (main rotor disk and tail rotor disk) in a completely different manner.

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    Flight control surfaces

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    For the systems that operate flight control surfaces, see aircraft flight control system.
    Flight control surfaces

    Basic aircraft control surfaces and motion.


    Aircraft flight control surfaces allow a pilot to adjust and control the aircraft's flight
    attitude.
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    deelopment of aircraft. !arly efforts at fi"ed#wing aircraft design succeeded in
    generating sufficient lift to get the aircraft off the ground, $ut once aloft, the aircraft
    proed uncontrolla$le, often with disastrous results. %he deelopment of effectie flight
    controls is what allowed sta$le flight.
    %his article descri$es the control surfaces used on a fi"ed#wing aircraft of conentional
    design. &ther fi"ed#wing aircraft configurations may use different control surfaces $ut
    the $asic principles remain. %he controls 'stick and rudder( for rotary wing aircraft
    'helicopter or autogyro( accomplish the same motions a$out the three a"es of rotation,
    $ut manipulate the rotating flight controls 'main rotor disk and tail rotor disk( in a
    completely different manner.

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