servocontrol

servocontrol
n. /serr"voh keuhn trohl'/; v. /serr'voh keuhn trohl"/, n., v., servocontrolled, servocontrolling.
n.
1. control by means of a servomechanism.
2. a servomechanism used as a control.
3. Also called Flettner control, servo tab. Aeron. a tab that is directly actuated by the control stick and that exerts an aerodynamic force to move a control surface to which it is attached.
v.t.
4. to operate (a mechanism) with such a device.
[SERVO- + CONTROL]

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  • flettner control — ˈfletnə(r) noun Usage: usually capitalized F Etymology: after Anton Flettner b1885 German engineer and inventor : servo control * * * /flet neuhr/, Aeron. servocontrol (def. 3). [named after A. Flettner (1885 1961), German engineer and inventor] …   Useful english dictionary

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