Most people believe that theGrumman F-14 Tomcat was the finalUS Navy fighter aircraft to use traditional 'manual' flight controls that rely on mechanical assemblies. Both the Lockheed MartinF-35C ...

Following the reveal of its impressive 7-seat eVTOL jet back in March, Lilium has announced that the flight control systems and avionics for its futuristic air taxi will be provided by aerospace firm ...

A Skyryse employee demonstrates a tablet designed by the company to replace the traditional stick, rudders and cyclic used to control a helicopter. A licensed driver can easily hop behind the wheel of ...

From our very first flight lessons we were taught to check for “full and free correct movement” of flight controls. Every preflight, whether it is for a normal flight or a post-maintenance test flight ...

Any time you change a flight control’s mass, it negatively affects the speed at which the flight control can flutter. The mass of a flight control can change due to drain holes getting plugged as well ...

Archer Aviation revealed this week that Honeywell will supply flight control actuation technology for its electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. This technology will enable the 12 ...