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What for aileron is used? How its operation? Aileron is used to make the rolling. To be more specific it creates a force at the fitted place due to aerodynamic effect, and that force causes a moment with respect to c.g.. of the aircraft. Ailerons are fitted at the two ends of the main wing. So that distance is high from center of gravity. Even though if we deflect a small amount of angle of attack to the aileron aerofoil, we will have large amount of moment . See the fig. given inside the next question. Ailerons operate on the differential mechanism. That means if the right aileron goes up, then left aileron goes down. Suppose if pilot wants to have a right turn, he must bring right aileron up. What is adverse yaw? If a pilot wants to have a right turn, then he will apply a control from the cockpit in such a way that the right aileron goes up. Say, for instance, right aileron goes 5 deg upward in AOA. Then you might think left aileron goes 5 deg downwards. If it ...