Flight controls are made up of those components and units which serve to manually control the flight characteristics of the aircraft. This includes control cables and pushrods that move through a system of pulleys and bellcranks to move the appropriate control surfaces. Each pilot in the A5 has a control stick. Moving the control stick left-to-right rolls the aircraft in either direction by changing the position of the ailerons. The aft-to-forward movement of the control stick changes the pitch of the aircraft by adjusting the pitch of the elevator.

Applying foot pressure on the rudder pedals controls the yaw direction in flight and on the water by changing the direction of the rudders. The rudder pedals also offer yaw control on land by applying brake pressure on the Main Landing Gear wheels. An electric actuator operates the flaps through a system of push cables, pushrods, bellcranks, and gas struts.

Control surfaces are covered in their respective structure in other chapters of the maintenance manual. For example, the aileron control surfaces are covered in the wing chapter.