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Meaning of flight control | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A system for controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
countable
The process of controlling an aircraft's rotational or translational motion in one or more axes.
broadly, uncountable
Mission control.
uncountable

Equivalents

Suomi vakautus

Examples

“The airplane's primary flight controls comprise elevators and ailerons driven by manually-controlled servo tabs, and a hydraulically-powered rudder and spoilerons.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

flight controller flight crew flight data recorder flight deck flight director flight engineer