flight control
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4.1
- noun
- /flaɪt kənˈtroʊl/
- Specialized
:
control de vuelo
- The pilot relied on the flight control software to ensure a smooth landing during the storm.
- flight control system
- flight control computer
- automatic flight control
Examples
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They're going to close the loop between the ray gyros and the flight control system which is contained back up here in the nose and the general purpose computers.
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That's the brain and then it directs how the messages are sent from the different, you know, like the flight control system or the payload.
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It seems that the high-level clever flight controls got confused and gave up, reverting the plane to an ordinary flight control mode, but the pilots did not expect this and did not realize they should go back to the old-fashioned manner of controlling the plane that every commercial pilot has learned.
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The automated flight control system allowed the drone to navigate through the air without any manual input.
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With advanced flight control technology, the aircraft can adjust its altitude and direction automatically.
Synonyms
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3.9
A device that steers a plane, ship, or spacecraft without someone controlling it
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3.9
A device that steers a plane, ship, or spacecraft by itself
How Automated
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'flight control' is directly compositional: it denotes the control (mechanism or system) of flight, which a learner can infer by combining 'flight' (the act/trajectory of flying) and 'control' (a mechanism for adjusting functions). This follows a common noun+noun composition pattern found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both words can reliably deduce the intended system/software meaning.
Etymology
Flight control as an onboard system is like an automatic 'hand' inside the plane that steers and keeps it steady. The idea of control for the flight explains why it means a system that 'controls a flight without a person controlling it all the time'.