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    Ailerons are small hinged sections located on the outboard portion of each wing. When the pilot moves the control stick, the ailerons work in opposition to roll the aircraft: the right aileron deflects up while the left deflects down, or vice versa. This causes one wing to generate more lift than the other, creating a torque that rolls the plane in the direction of the higher lift wing. Ailerons change the camber of each wing section, increasing lift on one side and decreasing it on the other to induce a rolling motion.

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    Ailerons are small hinged sections located on the outboard portion of each wing. When the pilot moves the control stick, the ailerons work in opposition to roll the aircraft: the right aileron deflects up while the left deflects down, or vice versa. This causes one wing to generate more lift than the other, creating a torque that rolls the plane in the direction of the higher lift wing. Ailerons change the camber of each wing section, increasing lift on one side and decreasing it on the other to induce a rolling motion.

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    Ailerons are small hinged sections located on the outboard portion of each wing. When the pilot moves the control stick, the ailerons work in opposition to roll the aircraft: the right aileron deflects up while the left deflects down, or vice versa. This causes one wing to generate more lift than the other, creating a torque that rolls the plane in the direction of the higher lift wing. Ailerons change the camber of each wing section, increasing lift on one side and decreasing it on the other to induce a rolling motion.

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    Ailerons are small hinged sections located on the outboard portion of each wing. When the pilot moves the control stick, the ailerons work in opposition to roll the aircraft: the right aileron deflects up while the left deflects down, or vice versa. This causes one wing to generate more lift than the other, creating a torque that rolls the plane in the direction of the higher lift wing. Ailerons change the camber of each wing section, increasing lift on one side and decreasing it on the other to induce a rolling motion.

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    Ailerons can be used to generate a rolling motion for an aircraft. Ailerons are small hinged sections on the outboard
    portion of a wing. Ailerons usually work in opposition: as the right aileron is deflected upward, the left is deflected
    downward, and vice versa. This slide shows what happens when the pilot deflects the right aileron upwards and the
    left aileron downwards.
    The ailerons are used to bank the aircraft; to cause one wing tip to move up and the other wing tip to move down.
    The banking creates an unbalanced side force component of the large wing lift force which causes the aircraft's
    flight path to curve. (Airplanes turn because of banking created by the ailerons, not because of a rudder input.
    The ailerons work by changing the effective shape of the airfoil of the outer portion of the wing. As described on
    the shape effects slide, changing the angle of deflection at the rear of an airfoil will change the amount of lift
    generated by the foil. With greater downward deflection, the lift will increase in the upward direction. Notice on
    this slide that the aileron on the left wing, as viewed from the rear of the aircraft, is deflected down. The aileron on
    the right wing is deflected up. Therefore, the lift on the left wing is increased, while the lift on the right wing is
    decreased. For both wings, the lift force (Fr or Fl) of the wing section through the aileron is applied at the
    aerodynamic center of the section which is some distance (L) from the aircraft center of gravity. This creates a
    torque

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    T=F*L
    about the center of gravity. If the forces (and distances) are equal there is no net torque on the aircraft. But if the
    forces are unequal, there is a net torque and the aircraft rotates about its center of gravity. For the conditions shown
    in the figure, the resulting motion will roll the aircraft to the right (clockwise) as viewed from the rear. If the pilot
    reverses the aileron deflections (right aileron down, left aileron up) the aircraft will roll in the opposite direction.
    We have chosen to name the left wing and right wing based on a view from the back of the aircraft towards the
    nose, because that is the direction in which the pilot is looking.
    [You can also test the roll effect yourself using a paper airplane. Just cut some control tabs into the rear of both
    wings. Bend one tab up and the other down, and you will see the airplane roll when it is flown. The roll will be in
    the direction of the tab that is pulled up. The same thing will work on a simple wooden glider. The tabs can be
    yellow stick-ums or tape attached to the wings.]
    When you travel on an airliner, watch the wings during turns. The pilot rolls the aircraft in the direction of the turn.
    You will probably be surprised at how little deflection is necessary to bank (roll) a large airliner. But be warned
    that there is a possible source of confusion on some airliners. We have been talking here about rolling the aircraft

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    by using a pair of ailerons at the very trailing edge of both wings to increase or decrease the lift of each wing. On
    some airliners, the aircraft is rolled by killing the lift on only one wing at a time. A plate, called a spoiler, is raised
    between the leading and trailing edges of the wing. This effectively changes the shape of the airfoil, disrupts the
    flow over the wing, and causes a section of the wing to decrease its lift. This produces an unbalanced force with the
    other wing, which causes the roll. Airliners use spoilers because spoilers can react more quickly than ailerons and
    require less force to activate, but they always decrease the total amount of lift for the aircraft. It's an interesting
    trade! You can tell whether an airliner is using spoilers or ailerons by noticing where the moving part is located. At
    the trailing edge, it's an aileron; between the leading and trailing edges, it's a spoiler. (Now you can dazzle the
    person sitting next to you on the plane!)

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