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Everything You Need To Know About Ailerons

Pilot Institute

Roll or bank is the aircrafts movement about its longitudinal axis. Since theyre located on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis, both ailerons need to move in the opposite directions to complement each others motion. The asymmetry between the top and bottom surface of the wing is called wing camber.

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