Definition of "rudders" [rudders]

• Plural form of rudder. (noun)

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• "Wires H, H, connected as shown by dotted line, operate automatically, as one end of the plane is depressed the other is elevated, as shown in drawing. secured upon an entirely different principle from that of complainant; the defendants 'aeroplanes are curved, firmly attached to the stanchions and hence are incapable of twisting or turning in any direction; that the supplementary planes or so-called rudders are secured to the forward stanchion at the extreme lateral ends of the planes and are adjusted midway between the upper and lower planes with the margins extending beyond the edges; that in moving the supplementary planes equal and uniform angles of incidence are presented as distinguished from fluctuating angles of incidence."
• "Immediate goals involve replacing traditional control devices such as rudders and elevator flaps with seamless wings that are more fuel-efficient and lightweight to begin with."
• "Those materials have long been used on individual parts such as rudders, and on military planes, but the 787 is the most ambitious use of the technology aboard a passenger plane."