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elevator authority
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elevator
authority
(
uncountable
)
(
aviation
)
The degree of
control
that the
elevators
can exert over the
pitching
motion
of an
aircraft
; related to
elevator
design
and
airspeed
.
The airspeed was so low that there was insufficient
elevator authority
to recover from the stall.
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