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Explore the world of Concorde with Heritage Concorde
Concorde is controlled in pitch and roll by 6 elevons, and in yaw by 2 rudders. The pilots control column movements are the same for Concorde as in any other aircraft. Unlike other aircraft Concorde has no tail-plane and the elevons are placed along the trailing edge of the wing. The nose up and down movements, are controlled by these 6 elevons (mainly the inner pair). The middle and outer elevons pairs also act as ailerons.
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Concorde Flight control systems and surfaces
General description
Trim control
Automatic Flight section
Elevons and Rudders
Artificial feel
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Power flying control unit
Mechanical control channel
Roll, pitch and yaw
Fly by wire system
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