How to Use control surface in a Sentence

control surface

noun

• The most important control surfaces on our plane are the back edges of the wings, or elevons.
  — Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
• Their wings and all control surfaces appear to be in the same horizontal plane.
  — David Axe, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2024
• Moreover, fly-by-wire systems adjust control surfaces in real time.
  — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 31 Mar. 2026
• Their design is sleek and practical, with a touch-sensitive control surface that's easy to use.
  — Shubham Yewale, PCMAG, 24 July 2024
• The goal of the X-65 is to study how to do away with things like rudders, flaps, ailerons and other control surfaces.
  — New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2025
• All four corners of the airplane and flight control surfaces have been identified in the wreckage and the debris field.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
• This could take the form of capsules fixed with flight control surfaces for precision glides or steerable parachutes for more pinpoint landings.
  — Joe Pappalardo, Popular Mechanics, 29 Oct. 2018
• On the minus side, the tail control surfaces needed a lot of tweaking to correct a lot of issues caused by the unusual wing and how the air flowed over it.
  — David Szondy, New Atlas, 29 Mar. 2025
• The flight control system was also tested as control surfaces on the wings and stabilizers were moved through their full range of motion.
  — Jay Bennett, Popular Mechanics, 20 Sep. 2017
• An additional capacitive control surface sits on the outside face of the right earcup.
  — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 8 May 2026
• The preliminary report shows all flight control surfaces were intact and the engine was still attached to the airframe.
  — Craig Shoup, The Tennessean, 10 Oct. 2024
• Pointer also took swabs from control surfaces, including a public toilet seat and a flush button to compare.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2025
• Lasers can burn holes in ship hulls, torch flying drones and slice off control surfaces, and explode the propellant or warhead in an incoming missile.
  — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 17 May 2019
• These can be caused by the flow of water over the hull and control surfaces, the propulsion system, machinery inside the craft, and even the flow of water through pipes.
  — New Atlas, 7 Dec. 2025
• Now the vehicle uses its control surfaces and rockets to slow its descent and relies on heat-resistant tiles (which, of course, add weight).
  — Adam Rogers, Scientific American, 21 Aug. 2025
• This creates shockwaves, and those are what cause supersonic booms and change the way wings, flaps, and other control surfaces behave in an airplane.
  — Jacek Krywko, Ars Technica, 29 Mar. 2024
• On the way down, having lost power on one side, the pilots would adjust their rudders, flaps, and other flight control surfaces to keep the aircraft balanced.
  — Jack Stewart, WIRED, 17 Apr. 2018
• Our robot does not have a tail and use only the two wings for aerodynamic lift and flight control, similar to most insects, which do not have tail as a control surface.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 7 May 2019
• Flight data recorders track data ranging from basic speed and altitude to the position of flight-control surfaces and flight-control inputs by the crew.
  — Ben Otto, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2018
• The other components—its battery, motor, and control surfaces—have to be smuggled across the border from Thailand.
  — WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
• This unit links the guidance computer to the missile’s control surfaces, enabling precise maneuvering in flight.
  — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Apr. 2026
• For example, a flight control system can simultaneously raise one end of the control surface and lower the other end (above).
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2016
• But traditional control surfaces require external seams that radar can detect with relative ease.
  — Eric Tegler, Scientific American, 9 Jan. 2020
• By controlling airflow in specific areas, the system can act like virtual control surfaces.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 26 Nov. 2025
• And if the flexible control surface fits smoothly against the rest of the wing, these adjustments would create no additional drag from protruding joints and hinges.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2016
• Detroit is a cold place in December, and since ice and airplane control surfaces don't mix, a deicing stop on the way to the runway is often necessary.
  — Jonathan M. Gitlin, Ars Technica, 22 Jan. 2018
• Grid fins are lattice-style control surfaces that help steer rockets back down through the atmosphere toward their landing zones, helping to reduce the possible risk of damage or a crash.
  — Kenna Hughes-Castleberry, Space.com, 18 Aug. 2025
• Red Eye watches control surfaces bend and flex, reading the intent signaled by minor movements of metal before a maneuver even unfolds.
  — Amir Husain, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
• And the flaps and other control surfaces can be adjusted only in relatively crude increments to improve the lift-to-drag ratio as conditions change.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 31 Aug. 2016
• Another problem is that all the gaps, hinges, and deflecting surfaces for these control surfaces result in more drag, which reduces the aircraft's efficiency.
  — New Atlas, 25 Nov. 2025