Examples of control surface in a Sentence
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Compared with other aircraft, the spinning drone is simpler to produce, requires less maintenance, and is less complex to control because its only control surface is the trailing-edge flap.
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IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
Gust sensors on the front of the aircraft register any changes in turbulence and then the system automatically makes relevant adjustments to the control surfaces of the wing to improve airflow.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
Unlike other drones that use control surfaces to maintain stability, the RDSX Pelican uses a multi-rotor system to balance itself.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2023
The grid fins, originally developed by the Soviet Union half a century earlier as control surfaces for intercontinental ballistic missiles, could be rotated up to 20 degrees and worked well on the big rocket.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
The other components—its battery, motor, and control surfaces—have to be smuggled across the border from Thailand.
—WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
The most important control surfaces on our plane are the back edges of the wings, or elevons.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
Its lightweight, high torque, comfortable control surfaces such as its handle, switches and chuck, and its hole-drilling performance all combine to make this not only a good buy in the power tool market, but a power tool worthy to identify itself as made here.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2023
Kwak: Other structural components such as wing control surfaces (such as an aileron or a rudder) will be made of edible material by 3D food printing or molding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
IEEE Spectrum, 1 Feb. 2024
Gust sensors on the front of the aircraft register any changes in turbulence and then the system automatically makes relevant adjustments to the control surfaces of the wing to improve airflow.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 2 Jan. 2024
Unlike other drones that use control surfaces to maintain stability, the RDSX Pelican uses a multi-rotor system to balance itself.
—Kurt Knutsson, Cyberguy Report, Fox News, 25 Dec. 2023
The grid fins, originally developed by the Soviet Union half a century earlier as control surfaces for intercontinental ballistic missiles, could be rotated up to 20 degrees and worked well on the big rocket.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2023
The other components—its battery, motor, and control surfaces—have to be smuggled across the border from Thailand.
—WIRED, 29 Sep. 2023
The most important control surfaces on our plane are the back edges of the wings, or elevons.
—Jennifer Leman, Popular Mechanics, 13 July 2023
Its lightweight, high torque, comfortable control surfaces such as its handle, switches and chuck, and its hole-drilling performance all combine to make this not only a good buy in the power tool market, but a power tool worthy to identify itself as made here.
—Roy Berendsohn, Popular Mechanics, 29 June 2023
Kwak: Other structural components such as wing control surfaces (such as an aileron or a rudder) will be made of edible material by 3D food printing or molding.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1910, in the meaning defined above
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“Control surface.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/control%20surface. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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