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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

From simple mechanical linkages in small aircraft to high-tech fly-by-wire systems in airliners, ailerons have evolved with aviation itself. Ailerons are one of the three primary flight control surfaces and are used to control the aircrafts rolling motion. Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis.

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