sidestick

English

Alternative forms

• side-stick

Etymology

From side +‎ stick.

Noun

sidestick (plural sidesticks)

1. (aviation) A control joystick located beside the seat of the pilot.
   • 2011 December 19, Australian Transport Safety Bureau, “1.1.3 First in-flight upset (0442:27)”, in In-flight upset - 154 km west of Learmonth, WA, 7 October 2008, VH-QPA, Airbus A330-303‎^[1], archived from the original on 5 May 2022, page 3:

     The FDR showed that the captain immediately applied back pressure on his sidestick to arrest the pitch-down movement. The aircraft’s flight control system did not initially respond to the captain’s sidestick input, but after about 2 seconds the aircraft responded normally and the captain commenced recovery to the assigned altitude. During this 2-second period the aircraft descended about 150 ft. Overall, the aircraft descended 690 ft over 23 seconds before returning to FL370.

2. (printing, historical) A sloped or beveled piece of wood or metal placed against the side of a page that is being typeset, and locked in place by quoins.
   • 1841, William Savage, A Dictionary of the Art of Printing, page 330:

     The sidesticks should be of the full length of the page, and abut against the headsticks on the outside of the form .

   • 1863, H. Morgan, A Dictionary of Terms Used in Printing, page 53:

     Neither the sidestick nor the footstick should project beyond the other, as it will prevent the quoins from passing, and in unlocking will give a great deal of trouble.

   • 1884, John Southward, Practical Printing: A Handbook of the Art of Typography, page 138:

     In using common footsticks and sidesticks, however, the broad part of the sidestick would be at the top left-hand corner of the left side section of the forme, and the broad part of the footstick at the lower right-hand corner.

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Translations

• Finnish: sivusauva