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Definition of Ailerons
1. aileron [n] - See also: aileron
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ailerons
Literary usage of Ailerons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Practical Aeronautics: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"ailerons for Lateral Stability. The framework of the ailerons is made in the same
... This is connected by flexible cable to the rear edges of the ailerons, ..."
2. A Treatise on the Motor Apparatus of the Eyes: Embracing an Exposition of by George Thomas Stevens (1906)
"These ailerons or orbital muscles are, in fact, modifications of the capsule,
... Of these ailerons, that from the external rectus is the most important in ..."
3. Building and Flying an Aeroplane by Charles Brian Hayward (1912)
"ailerons for Lateral Stability. The framework of the ailerons ... This is connected
by flexible cable to the rear edges of the ailerons, so that when the ..."
4. Manual of Military Aviation by Hollis Leroy Müller (1917)
"Alignment of ailerons: Flaps should be aligned with their trailing edges.
Interplane struts or ailerons should be set in the same plane when neutral. ..."
5. Aeroplane Designing for Amateurs by Victor Lougheed (1912)
"Figure V.—Third control used on Montgomery ailerons, in this the seal Is constituted
o{ the two pads, one on each of the bars NN, each of which is hinged, ..."
6. The Dynamics of the Airplane by Kenneth Powers Williams (1921)
"Controllability in the lateral sense is furnished by means of the ailerons.
Rectangular portions are cut from the corners on the trailing edge ..."
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