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Parts of an airplane. Aileron Elevator Rudder. Aileron. Ailerons can be used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft. LOCATION: Ailerons are small hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing.
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Aileron • Elevator • Rudder
Aileron Ailerons can be used to generate arolling motionfor an aircraft. LOCATION: Ailerons are small hinged sections on the outboard portion of a wing. MOVEMENT:Ailerons cause one wing tip to move up and the other wing tip to move down
ROLL http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aileron_roll.gif
Elevators Elevators can be used to generate a pitch motion for an aircraft. LOCATION: Elevators are located on the tail of the airplane attached to the horizontal stabilizer. MOVEMENT: Point the elevator up:and the nose goes upand the airplane climbs. Point the elevator down:and the nose goes down and the airplane goes down.
PITCH http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Aptch.gif
Rudder Rudders can be used to generate a yaw motion for an aircraft LOCATION: Rudders are located on the fin of the aircraft called the vertical stabilizer MOVEMENT:The rudder causes the airplane's nose to moveto therightorleft
YAW http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Ayaw.gif