elevon
Pitch-and-roll surface
An elevon is a hinged control surface on an aircraft wing that combines the functions of an elevator and aileron.
When both elevons move together, they control pitch like elevators; when they move oppositely, they control roll like ailerons.
Elevons appear on delta-wing and flying-wing aircraft that lack separate tail surfaces: The B-2 bomber uses elevons for flight control.
Supersonic passenger aircraft
- B-2Stealth strategic bomber
- taillessHaving no rear appendage
- fighterOne who engages in combat
- droneUnmanned flying machine
UAV · X-15 · stealth · swept-wing · canard · hypersonic · glider · Vulcan
Concorde
Supersonic passenger aircraft
drone · UAV · X-15 · stealth · swept-wing · canard · hypersonic · glider · Vulcan · Mirage
rudder
Pivoting stern blade
pitch · yaw · banking · deflection · actuation · servo · hinge · trim · mixing · command
lift
Mechanism for vertical transport
- dragResistance through fluid
- airflowMovement of atmosphere
- turbulenceChaotic flow patterns
laminar · vortex · downwash · chord · camber · pressure · streamline · stall · aerofoil · slipstream
- elevator shaftVertical enclosure for lifts
- elevator musicInoffensive ambient background audio
- elevator pitchBrief persuasive summary
- elevator doors
- freight elevatorLift for heavy loads
- elevated train
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