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control stick

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control stick
n.
A lever used to control the motion of an aircraft by changing the angle of the elevators and ailerons.

control stick
n
(Engineering / Aeronautics) the lever by which a pilot controls the lateral and longitudinal movements of an aircraft Also called control column joy stick
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Noun1.control stickcontrol stick - a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane
lever - a rigid bar pivoted about a fulcrum


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The pilot will move a control stick and rudder pedals from an actual aircraft, and video images from the aircraft will be transmitted to the station to provide a view as it out of the cockpit window.
Perceiving that he was rapidly closing on the spheres, he pushed forward on the control stick while in a right angle of bank in an attempt to avoid the high-tension cables on which the spheres were mounted.
Instead, a short control stick mounted on the seat arm rest is moved forward to accelerate, pulled back to decelerate.
 
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