ASA Dictionary Of Aero Terms

in flight manipulation of the airplanes orientation about all three axes is performed via the primary flight controls which only include the elevator ailerons and spoiler ons and rudder the elevator pitches the airplanes nose up and down about the lateral axis the TPMS ailerons roll the TBM about the longitudinal axes meanwhile integrated spoiler ons augment roll control by spoiling lifts on the descending wing and at the same time counteracting adverse yaw created by the lifting aileron ah coordination about the vertical axis is maintained with a rudder adjusting the airplanes orientation with a wrong primary flight control leads to uncoordinated flight the primary flight control / pitch is the elevator the primary flight controls for TBM roll control are the ailerons and interconnected spoiler on the most neglected primary flight control is a rudder which either maintains or returns t