How a pilot steers

The three ways an aeroplane moves and the controls that make them: column, pedals, elevator, ailerons and rudder. You also learn how a turn works, what the throttle and flaps do, and how a helicopter is flown.

What you learn

• Tell pitch, roll and yaw apart
• Match column and pedals to elevator, ailerons and rudder
• Explain why a turn starts with a bank
• Say what the throttle and the flaps do
• Name a helicopter's cyclic, collective and pedals

In playlists

• Start here
• Aircraft and systems

Also on

• Video course: Aviation for beginners