We consider the controllability and observation problem for a simple model
describing the interaction between a fluid and a beam. For this model, micr
olocal propagation of singularities proves that the space of controlled fun
ctions is smaller that the energy space. We use spectral properties and an
explicit construction of biorthogonal sequences to show that analytic funct
ions can be controlled within finite time. We also give an estimate for thi
s time, related to the amount of analyticity of the latter function.