Hydromechanical design consist of a mechanical circuit

Hydraulic circuit is used to reduce the complexity, weight, limitation

Fly-by-wire
Control surfaces are actuated by electric motors, digital computers or fibre optic wires
Some controls are boosted by hydraulically or electrically actuated system
Control reaction is fed back to pilot by simulated means

Primary control
Required to control aircraft safely during flight
Higher speed more firm and respond rapid, lower speed, soft and sluggish
Changes airflow and pressure distribution
Control about axis rotation

Aileron
Surfaces Elevator/Stabilator
Rudder
Aileron
Attached to the outboard trailing edge of each wing
Move in opposite direction from each other
deflected aileron causes more drag, yawning the aircraft towards the
deflected wing
Light difference in velocity of left and right wings
Adverse yaw Yaw opposite the direction of bank
More pronounced at low speed
More evident with long wing span
Apply rudder to counteract

Frise-type
ailerons

Deflected one at smaller angle than the inflected one

Differential
Thus reducing deflected aileron's drag while increasing inflected aileron's drag
Ailerons
Reducing difference in drag

Coupled Aileron Connecting rudder and aileron

and rudder Deflecting the rudder at the same time the ailerons are deflected

All turns are coordinated by use of ailerons, rudder, and elevator.

Applying aileron pressure is necessary to place the aircraft in the desired angle of bank, while
simultaneous application of rudder pressure is necessary to counteract the resultant adverse
yaw.
Additionally, because more lift is required during a turn than during straight-and-level flight, the
angle of attack (AOA) must be increased by applying elevator back pressure.
The steeper the turn, the more elevator back pressure that is needed.
As the desired angle of bank is established, aileron and rudder pressures should be relaxed.
Elevator
Controls pitch on lateral axis
T-tail
- Elevator above most of the effect of downwash from the propeller
- Undisturbed air, allowing control movements more consistent
- But have to move in a greater distance to raise the nose when traveling at slow speed
As traditional one has downwash from propeller pushing down on tail to assist in
raising the nose
- Weight of horizontal surface is on top of vertical stabiliser
Stabilator
- One piece horizontal stabiliser that acts as elevator
Rudder
Controls movement of the aircraft about its vertical axis
movable surface hinged to a fixed surface(vertical stabiliser/fin)
When deflected into the airflow, a horizontal force is exerted in opposite direction
Alters the airflow around the vertical stabiliser and creates a sideward lift that moves the
tail to the right(left) and yaw the nose to the left(right)
Effectiveness increases with speed
slipstream over the rudder increases its effectiveness
Secondary Control
Improve performance characteristics
relieve pilot of excessive control force
Surfaces
- Wing flaps
- Leading edge device
- Spoilers
- Trim system
Flaps
increase both lift and induced drag
allows a compromise between high cruising peed and low landing speed as they can be
extended when needed
the simplest of the four types
increases the airfoil camber, resulting in a significant increase in the
coefficient of lift (CL)
Plain flap it greatly increases drag and moves the center of pressure (CP) aft on the
airfoil
- cause a nose-down pitching moment.
When fully extended, produce high drag with little additional lift
deflected from the lower surface of the airfoil
produces a slightly greater increase in lift than the plain flap
Split flap More drag is created because of the turbulent air pattern produced
behind the airfoil
When fully extended, produce high drag with little additional lift
Variations of this design are used for small aircraft, as well as for large
ones
increase the lift coefficient significantly more than plain or split flaps
On small aircraft
- the hinge is located below the lower surface of the flap
- when the flap is lowered, a duct forms between the flap well in the
wing and the leading edge of the flap
- high energy air from the lower surface is ducted to the flaps upper
Slotted flap
surface
- The high energy air from the slot accelerates the upper surface
boundary layer and delays airflow separation, providing a higher CL
- Thus, the slotted flap produces much greater increases in maximum
coefficient of lift (CL-MAX) than the plain or split flap
large aircraft often have double- and even triple-slotted flaps
- allow the maximum increase in drag without the airflow over the flaps
separating and destroying the lift they produce.
not only changes the camber of the wing, also increases the wing area
Instead of rotating down on a hinge, it slides backwards on tracks
In the first portion of its extension, it increases the drag very little, but
Fowler increases the lift a great deal as it increases both the area and camber
flaps may cause a nose-up or down pitching moment
pilot will need to compensate for(trim adjustment)
last portion of its travel
- increases the drag with little additional increase in lift.
Leading Edge Devices
High-lift devices also can be applied to the leading edge of the airfoil
direct airflow to the upper wing surface and delay airflow separation at
higher angles of attack
Fixed slots
does not increase the wing camber, but allows a higher maximum CL
because the stall is delayed until the wing reaches a greater AOA
consist of leading edge segments that move on tracks
At low angles of attack
- each slat is held flush against the wings leading edge by the high
pressure that forms at the wings leading edge
Movable
- As the AOA increases, the high- pressure area moves aft below the
slats
lower surface of the wing, allowing the slats to move forward
Some slats are pilot operated and can be deployed at any AOA
Opening a slat allows the air below the wing to flow over the wings
upper surface, delaying airflow separation.
like trailing edge flaps, are used to increase both CL-MAX and the
camber of the wings
This type of leading edge device is frequently used in conjunction with
Leading trailing edge flaps and can reduce the nose-down pitching movement
edge flaps produced by the latter
As is true with trailing edge flaps, a small increment of leading edge
flaps increases lift to a much greater extent than drag
As flaps are extended, drag increases at a greater rate than lift.
used to increase both CL-MAX and the camber of the wings
Unlike leading edge flaps and trailing edge flaps, leading edge cuffs are
fixed aerodynamic devices
In most cases, leading edge cuffs extend the leading edge down and
forward
Leading
- This causes the airflow to attach better to the upper surface of the
edge cuffs
wing at higher angles of attack
- thus lowering an aircrafts stall speed
The fixed nature of leading edge cuffs extracts a penalty in maximum
cruise airspeed, but recent advances in design and technology have
reduced this penalty
Spoilers
Spoil the smooth airflow
Reduce lift
Increase drag
Help reduce ground roll after landing, transfer weight to wheel, improving braking
effectiveness

Trim tabs
Using airflow to control elevator
If trim tab is set to full nose-up position, tab moves to its full down position, air flowing
under the horizontal tail surface hits the tab and forces the trailing edge of elevator up,
reducing the elevator's AOA. Causing the tail of aircraft down and nose up

Balance Tab Servo Tabs/Flight tab

control force might be excessive
to decrease them by balance tab
coupled to the control surface
- when primary control surface move
in any direction
- tab automatically moves in another
on
counter some of the air pressure
linkage between primary control
surface and balance tab is adjustable
a small portion of a flight control surface
helps move the entire flight control surface
in the direction
dynamic device that deploys to decrease
pilot's workload
de-stabilise the aircraft
Only the servo tab moves in response to
movement of the pilots flight control, and
the force of the airflow on the servo tab then
moves the primary control surface
Anti-servo Tabs
decreasing the sensitivity of the stabilator
move in the same direction as the trailing edge of the stabilator
functions as a trim device to relieve control pressure and maintain the stabilator in the
desired position
The fixed end of the linkage is on the opp. side of the surface from the horn on the tab
- when the trailing edge of the stabilator moves up, the linkage forces the trailing edge
of the tab up
- When the stabilator moves down, the tab also moves down
- Conversely, trim tabs on elevators move opposite of the control surface.

Adjustable stabilise Ground Adjustable Tabs

moving the entire horizontal stabiliser for Non movable metal trim tab on
elevation rudder
by using a jackscrew mounted on the leading For small aircraft
edge of the stabilator

Autopilot
Simple systems uses gyroscopic altitude indicator and magnetron compasses to control
Longitudinal axis
Vertical axes
Vertical speed
indicated airspeed hold mode
Navigation aids
Autopilots can be manually overridden