Powered Flying Control Systems—the State of the Science Today: A short review of the history of powered flying controls and a discussion of the latest developments in this field

POWERED Hying controls have been fitted to aircraft for more than 20 years and with larger or faster types—both aeroplanes and helicopters—have become almost taken for granted. But their form can vary considerably and the present is a good time to take a long look at some of the factors which govern the system adopted.