2006-08-24 15:27:29 · 14 answers · asked by ub 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
Ailerons are hinged control surfaces attached to the trailing edge of the wing of a fixed-wing aircraft. They are used to control the aircraft in roll. The two ailerons are interconnected so that one goes down when the other goes up: the downgoing aileron increases the lift on its wing while the upgoing aileron reduces the lift on the other wing, producing a rolling moment about the aircraft's longitudinal axis. The word aileron is French for "little wing."
2006-08-24 15:30:10 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ailerons are control surfaces on the wing. They are hinged and can be moved up and down. The ailerons control roll in a plane.
2006-08-25 00:26:45 · answer #2 · answered by Fadhl 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best way I know how to describe an aileron is -The vertical flap on the tail of an airplane that assists in a roll.
2006-08-24 22:57:30 · answer #3 · answered by grinch 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ailerons are the flaps on the aircraft's main wing that move up and down (opposite from each other) to cause the plane to bank either left or right.
2006-08-24 22:29:40 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
On some aircraft like a C130, the right aileron is fixed, only the left one moves.
2006-08-25 06:37:02 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
From ground school a long time ago, the name aileron is french that means "little wing". And that is what it is a little wing at the back or trailing edge of the wing that control direction.
2006-08-24 23:22:26 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-08-25 07:06:35 · answer #7 · answered by Ask Dr. Dingo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aileron is the rear part from the fuselage. It is located on the small wings, and its function is to allow the airplane to move up or down on its movement.
2006-08-25 07:48:13 · answer #8 · answered by Zvesck 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The wing control that lowers the wing into the turn. Turning the wheel on a cessna moves one ailerion up and the other side of the wing down. Rudder foot pedals move the vertical control surface at the rear or rudder left and right turning the plane. It is a ballet turning the wheel ailerion with just enough foot on the rudder turning to keep your passengers happy and smooth, Flaps change the lift of the wing
2006-08-24 22:48:22 · answer #9 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ailerons are the flaps on the aircraft's main wing that move up and down but pick my answer cause you can look at your picture and my picture and see, we gotta be related.
2006-08-24 22:29:46 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋