Kling answered, "To the left outboard and left inboard elevon.". From Wordnik.com. [Columbia's Last Flight] Reference
A tile is missing on the right wing, on a flat called an elevon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 8, 2003] Reference
Both the left inboard and left outboard elevon temperature sensors. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
Each tail boom supports a horizontal tail with an elevon at its trailing edge. From Wordnik.com. [NASA Watch: Keith Cowing: April 2007 Archives] Reference
They can find a piece of the elevon, for example, that might offer them some clues. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
Have you ever viewed the ascent telemetry data to see if anything hit the left elevon?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2003] Reference
DITTEMORE: Yes, they were located at the left inboard elevon and the left outboard elevon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
And I don't know if you can see, up here, there is a missing tile on the trailing edge of the flap called the elevon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
He said, All four of them are located in the aft part of the left wing, right in front of the elevons ... elevon actuators. From Wordnik.com. [Columbia's Last Flight] Reference
They fired for one and a half seconds, again trying to help the aileron and the elevon surfaces counteract what we believe is the increasing drag. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2003] Reference
Again, we see an increase in the roll trim, as indicated by elevon motion, indicating that the vehicle was reacting to an increased drag on the left-hand side. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
As we are starting to look at the trail of this wiring, as it goes through the fuselage and out to the elevon, it has a common point as it goes adjacent to the wheel well. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
A special schedule of elevon position with respect to velocity is followed to protect the wings from excessive loads and to hold the body flap and rudder/speed brake in place. From Wordnik.com. [Transition Team Update - NASA Watch] Reference
So, if you've flown 112 or 113 flights and this is the first one where the degree of elevon up motion to respond to the drag is outside of your previous database, that's unusual. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
Certainly, as we start talking more about the wheel well area, what's interesting to us about it is yesterday, we had indications of the trailing edge, left in-board, left out-board elevon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
I'm told that prior to those problems with the heat sensors, left wing, this area here, there was some unusual elevon movements, that they're looking at right now, as we speak, poring over the data. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
It's also important for us that we understand and have found out that the elevon temperature measurements that I talked about that had dropped offscale low, are routed adjacent to the wheel well area. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
And recall the elevons are at the back part of the wing, the trailing edge of the wing, and the impact, if you were trying to relate tile damage to the elevon, the impact was on the front edge of the wing. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
At 7: 53 a.m. Central Standard Time -- and all times will be Central Standard Time -- as we were over California, four left-hand elevon hydraulic return line temperature measurements dropped off off - scale, as we talked about yesterday. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
What -- I know you're looking at flight controls and other things, but is there anything in the activity of the shuttle orbiter that would be consistent with the types of maneuvers you're seeing and the response from the elevon and the heating that would be other than missing tiles?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 2, 2003] Reference
One area of concern was noted on the port elevon, via observed tile damage. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
The damage is on the shuttle's left wing in an area called the left side elevon. From Wordnik.com. [SplicedFeed] Reference
After the MMT, the DAT team determined this elevon region of interest is not a concern. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
Of possible concern was a 0.25 to 0.35 inch divot in a two-inch thick tile located on the shuttle's left inboard elevon. From Wordnik.com. [collectSPACE Today In Space History] Reference
Another "concern" was noted early on Flight Day 6, relating to a gap fller that is observed to be protruding on the left inboard elevon. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
"There's a gap filler on one of the elevons, the left inboard elevon, one of the little spacers between the tiles is protruding," Cain said. From Wordnik.com. [Spaceflight Now] Reference
A tile RTV bond analysis for a ~0. 25 inch deep divot on the underside of the port inboard elevon was almost complete at the time of the MMT. From Wordnik.com. [SpaceRef Top Stories] Reference
Along with a damaged tile on Discovery's left inboard elevon, or wing flap, close-up photography also revealed a protruding gap filler, a thin spacer used to keep adjacent tiles from rubbing against each other. From Wordnik.com. [Spaceflight Now] Reference
The RTV bondline temperatures are very good and the margins for the damage to the inboard elevon are good, "noted the latest Shuttle Stand-up / Integration report on L2. From Wordnik.com. [NASASpaceFlight.com] Reference
They're called elevon. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 1, 2003] Reference
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