Aileron buzz is a very rapid oscillation of an aileron, at certain critical air speeds of some aircraft, which does not usually reach large magnitudes nor become dangerous. It is often caused by shock-induced separation of the boundary layer
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Stabilator. A single-piece horizontal tail surface on an airplane that pivots around a central hinge point. A stabilator serves the purposes of both the horizontal stabilizer and the elevators.
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Servo tab. An auxiliary control mounted on a primary control surface, which automatically moves in the direction opposite the primary control to provide an aerodynamic assist in the movement of the control.
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Servo. A motor or other form of actuator which receives a small signal from the control device and exerts a large force to accomplish the desired work.
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Ruddervator – A pair of control surfaces on the tail of an aircraft arranged in the form of a V. These surfaces, when moved together by the control wheel, serve as elevators, and when moved differentially by the rudder pedals, serve as a rudder. Ruddevators provide the same control effect as conventional control surfaces, but [...]
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Rudder. The movable primary control surface mounted on the trailing edge of the vertical fin of an airplane. Movement of the rudder rotates the airplane about its vertical axis.
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Rigging – The final adjustment and alignment of an aircraft and its flight control system that provides the proper aerodynamic characteristics.
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Frise-type aileron – An Aileron having the nose portion projecting ahead of the hinge line. When the trailing edge of the aileron moves up, the nose projects below the wing s lower surface and produces some parasite drag, decreasing the amount of adverse yaw. Engineer Leslie George Frise (1897-1979) developed an aileron shape which is often [...]
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