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Dihedral (aeronautics) (2,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

aircraft. Dihedral angle is the upward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed-wing aircraft. "Anhedral angle" is the name given to negative

Hawker P.1052 (854 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conjunction with the RAE at Farnborough.[page needed] In addition, the tailplane was cropped to a shorter span (by removing the rounded tips on the P.1040)

Kiel FK 166 (245 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fixed tail-wheel undercarriage the FK166 also featured a strut braced tailplane at the tip of the fin. Data from General characteristics Crew: 1 Length:

Meopham air disaster (1,095 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

buffeting of the tailplane, causing the port tailplane to fail, and the aircraft entered a dive. The flutter effect on the starboard tailplane caused it to

AEG B.III (167 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from 1915. It was a further refinement of the B.I and B.II, with a fresh tailplane assembly, but was still only just adequate in performance and did not

Albatros C.XII (767 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage similar to that of the Albatros D.V. The C.XII also featured a tailplane of reduced area, but it retained the wings of the earlier C.X. The C.X

Cornelius XFG-1 (729 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

XFG-1 was an American military fuel transporting towed glider, without a tailplane and with a forward-swept wing. Two were built but development ended in

Albatros L103 (286 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cockpits. The Al 103 was used to test variations in sweepback, dihedral and tailplane area.[citation needed] Data from & German Aircraft between 1919 - 1945

Bell X-1 (4,587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The fuselage was shaped like a bullet, it had thin wings and a slab tailplane for controlled flight at the speed of sound and beyond. Miles' chief aerodynamicist

Blériot 53 (239 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with fabric leaving most of the rear fuselage un-covered, all-flying tailplane and rudder at the rear extremities, with a tail-skid underneath. To accommodate

Aero Ae 50 (309 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that terminated abruptly immediately aft of the crew cabin, leaving the tailplane to be mounted on a single boom attached to the wing. The tailwheel was

Pilatus B-4 (559 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Construction is aluminium, with foam ribs in the mainplane, fin and tailplane. The design of this glider originated in the 1960s, when the company Firma

De Havilland Fox Moth (1,196 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

economical light passenger aircraft. Many components, including the engine, tailplane, fin, rudder and wings were identical to those of the de Havilland DH

Hanriot HD.32 (530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as it, the HD.32 was a substantially revised design, with redesigned tailplane, undercarriage, and wings of shorter span. The HD.14's wooden construction

RRG Professor (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reached from the nose to below the trailing edge. It had an all-moving tailplane, with an almost unswept leading edge but strongly curved aft, producing

Aero A.10 (514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vertical knife-edge at the rear, thus rendering a tail fin unnecessary. The tailplane carried two balanced elevators hinged to the stabilisers, and a balanced

2009 Iranian Air Force Ilyushin Il-76 accident (734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that the rotodome detached from the aircraft, striking and removing the tailplane while the aircraft was manoeuvring for an emergency landing following

Briegleb BG-12 (392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

highly revised fuselage, a swept-forward tail fin, and an all flying tailplane with balance tabs. BG-12 prototype derived from BG-6 BG-12A Initial market

Kamov V-100 (176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft from Kamov. It had a pusher propeller located behind the rear tailplane, rotors mounted on the tips of its wings and two turbines mounted above

1965 Skyways Coach-Air Avro 748 crash (878 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in and the aircraft to overturn, losing both wings and the starboard tailplane in the process. All 52 people on board survived. This was the first accident

Grigorovich DI-3 (275 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

DI-3 was a single-bay biplane of mixed construction with a twin-rudder tailplane of variable incidence. Although initial tests demonstrated flight characteristics

Piaggio P.180 Avanti (5,563 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

three-surface configuration, having both a small forward wing and a conventional tailplane, as well as its main wing, with the main wing spars passing behind the

Schleicher Rhönadler (907 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the trailing edge where there was a deep cut-out at the root. The tailplane was low set on the prototype but raised just above the dorsal fuselage

Aviasud Sirocco (636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were acquired by Aero Consult Light Aircraft, who have redesigned the tailplane and wings and who re-launched the aircraft as the AC Sirocco nG. The first

Glasflügel (308 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sailplane design and technology: quick assembly systems for wings and tailplane, automatic control connections, trailing edge airbrake-flap combinations

Swift S-1 (326 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

8 m2 (127 sq ft) Tailplane area: 1.65 m2 (17.8 sq ft) Fin area: 0.9 m2 (9.7 sq ft) Aspect ratio: 14.3 Airfoil: NACA 641412 Tailplane airfoil: NACA 631012-63006

Schempp-Hirth Janus (633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fixed-incidence tailplane instead of the all-moving type previously fitted. Janus C The Janus C has carbon-fibre wings of 20 m span and a carbon-fibre tailplane. Janus

Roe I Triplane (1,212 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

besides the river Lea. The Roe I Triplane was a two-bay triplane: the tailplane, with a span of 10 ft (3.0 m) also had three surfaces and was a lifting

1977 Dan-Air Boeing 707 crash (1,214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

horizontal stabiliser (tailplane) assembly compared to earlier 707 aircraft, and in the redesign the increased loads on the tailplane structure had been taken

Fairchild VZ-5 (397 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The fuselage had an open cockpit for one pilot and a rear-mounted high-tailplane. The unusual aspect of the aircraft was that it had one General Electric

Pan Am Flight 115 (762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he pulled the tailplane-power and autopilot circuit-breakers because he thought that the tailplane had "run away." Full nosedown tailplane inclination of

Yakovlev EG (417 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

engine compartment. The rear fuselage was fabric covered and supported a tailplane-style unit with twin endplate fins, as well as a tailskid. The Pilot and

Alcock Scout (268 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wings of a Sopwith Triplane, the upper wings of a Sopwith Pup and the tailplane and elevators of a Sopwith Camel, and married them to a rear fuselage

Arado Ar 77 (630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Arado's trademark layout of a fin and rudder forward of the tailplane. Instead the tailplane was high-mounted on the fin and supported by steel tube 'N'

Potez-CAMS 161 (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the tailplane, mounted with marked dihedral, on a fuselage pedestal and externally braced from below. The D-shaped fins were fixed to the tailplane a little

Saunders Severn (1,005 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage, above the braced tailplane and between the two braced fins. Twin balanced elevators projected beyond the tailplane and the fins carried balanced

Short S.80 (924 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on upswept outriggers, and the empennage, consisting of a high-mounted tailplane and elevator with a pair of rudders mounted below, was carried on wire-braced

Schneider Moazagotl (960 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 10 m (33 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 3 m (10 ft) Height de-rigged: 1.35 m (4 ft

Curtiss HA (310 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

During testing the aircraft proved very unstable, with an overly heavy tailplane. The aircraft was destroyed in a crash. Two more prototypes were ordered

Saro P.531 (721 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

G-APNU. Had a short tailplane for c.g. adjustment, though not always installed. P.531-0 Three further prototypes with full scale tailplane, Turmo powered.

OKB-1 150 (1,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

side. The 45° swept fin and 40° swept tailplane were constructed in a similar fashion to the wings, the tailplane attached to the extremity of the fin

Arado Ar 81 (923 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slender, and the tail of the first prototype, Ar 81V1, consisted of a tailplane with some dihedral that carried two outboard fins and rudders, to improve

SPAD S.A (1,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Le Rhône 9C engine and tapered tailplane – 11 built. SPAD S.A-2 – main production variant with constant chord tailplane and 110 hp Le Rhône 9J. – 35 built

De Schelde Scheldemusch (1,051 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tailplane. Three more beams spread out from the base of the nacelle upwards, the outer pair joining those from the upper wing forming the tailplane extremities

Latécoère 550 (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shape, with extensions below the tailplane to a surface with a smoothly curved trailing edge entirely above the tailplane. The rudders were fitted with trim

Latécoère 550 (967 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shape, with extensions below the tailplane to a surface with a smoothly curved trailing edge entirely above the tailplane. The rudders were fitted with trim

Parnall Pipit (1,072 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rudder which was neither aerodynamically nor dynamically balanced. The tailplane was attached at mid-fuselage and was rather rectangular, carrying split

Hawker F.20/27 (754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

interplane struts leaned strongly outwards. The tail was conventional with the tailplane braced from below; both it and the fin carried unbalanced control surfaces

Alaparma Baldo (282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with cabin doors that hinged upwards and to the back. The conventional tailplane with single fin and rudder was carried on twin booms, either side of a

Issoire Iris (194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designed with a T-tail, the Iris was produced with a conventional, low-set tailplane. The prototype made its first public appearance at the 1977 Paris Air

Avro Type D (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

D-shaped rudder behind a small rectangular fixed fin and a large triangular tailplane bearing D-shaped elevators. The undercarriage had two forward-projecting

Aero Consult Light Aircraft (132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wished to concentrate on the Swift glider and PAS. ACLA redesigned the tailplane and wings and re-launched the aircraft as the Sirocco nG, first flown

Arsenal 2301 (656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slightly cropped. The tailplane was altered more, moved up the fin and made smaller and delta shaped; the Gerfaut's small delta tailplane was similar but clipped

Binder EB28 (346 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

composite-built two-seat shoulder-wing monoplane with a conventional T-type tailplane. It has a retractable central landing gear with a fixed tail wheel. The

Schempp-Hirth Standard Cirrus (803 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

airfoil section designed by Professor Franz Wortmann. The all-moving tailplane, a feature of many designs of that period due to its theoretically higher

Gloster F.5/34 (1,168 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the fabric covering and with the fin and full-height rudder behind the tailplane, as for the Gladiator. The engine was to be the new Bristol Perseus sleeve-valve

Hawker Typhoon (9,711 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

transport joint just forward of the horizontal tail unit. The loss of the tailplane of R7692 (having only 11 hours of flight recorded) on 11 August 1942,

Schleicher ASK 18 (384 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fabric-covered and the ailerons are plywood-covered. The tailplane came from the K 10; the fin and tailplane are plywood-covered and the rudder and elevators

Slingsby Dart (1,176 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

all moving tailplane mounted low on the fin, though later aircraft used a metal framed tailplane. The rudder and the rear part of the tailplane were fabric

General Aircraft Hotspur (2,898 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

external tailplane bracing Twin Hotspur Two standard Hotspur fuselages and outer wing panels joined together with common centre section and tailplane; single

Tecnam P2008 (634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

introducing a carbon fibre fuselage and integrated fin. The wings and tailplane are all-metal. It can be adapted to LSA, ultralight or ELA1 categories

Gatard Statoplan Poussin (422 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

designed to climb by lowering specially-designed flaps and trimming the tailplane to balance out any change in pitch, therefore allowing the aircraft to

Parnall Parasol (1,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

comma shaped rudder, a tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage, braced from below and carrying separate elevators. Tailplane incidence was adjustable

Tecnam P2010 (1,015 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

set all-moving constant-chord tailplane with an anti-balance tab. The fin is swept and the rudder moves above the tailplane. The P2010 is powered by a 135 kW

Antonov An-10 (2,517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vertical fin, and later to hexagonal auxiliary fins at the tips of the tailplane. Entering production at Zavod (factory) No.64, Voronezh in 1957, the initial

Union G.I (536 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

comprised a single tailplane with elevator with a single fin carrying a rudder and two auxiliary rudders at approx half tailplane span. At the successful

Vickers Type 207 (595 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

section; they folded for storage. The rudder was balanced and the braced tailplane carried aerodynamic servo-assisted elevators operated via trailing edge

Handley Page Victor (9,409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surfaces instead; however as the proposal matured, a high-mounted, full tailplane was adopted instead. The profile and shaping of the crescent wing was

Eagle Aircraft Eagle 150 (821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forward wing (foreplane), main wing (mainplane) and horizontal stabilizer (tailplane). The aircraft was designed and originally built by Eagle Aircraft Pty

Rolladen-Schneider LS1 (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Differs from the LS1-c only in the use of an LS2 type tailplane (2 built) LS1-ef - tailplane of the LS1-f and the same fuselage as former versions (1

Rolladen-Schneider LS1 (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Differs from the LS1-c only in the use of an LS2 type tailplane (2 built) LS1-ef - tailplane of the LS1-f and the same fuselage as former versions (1

Blériot Aéronautique (2,123 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

monoplane with elongated triangular tailplane. Blériot XXI (1911) Two-seat military monoplane with elongated triangular tailplane. Exhibited at the 1911 Paris

Bristol Gordon England biplanes (791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fitted with dual controls. The empennage consisted of a small triangular tailplane and elevators mounted on top of the rectangular-section fuselage and elongated

VTC Delfin (678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

strongly swept on both leading and trailing edges and with an all-moving tailplane, fitted with servo tabs, mounted on the fuselage. Four Delfin 2s were

Eiri-Avion PIK-20 (779 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is slightly different, with a slight sweep-back of the wings and the tailplane is larger. The Issoire Company in France produced a 17-metre PIK-30 version

CANT Z.1012 (556 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

integral with the fuselage and was quite tall, carrying the tailplane about halfway up. The tailplane was braced below to the fuselage. Both rudder and elevators

VL Viima (689 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fabric covered. The tailplane, mounted on top of the fuselage, is wire braced to the small triangular fin. Both the fin and the tailplane are adjustable when

Blériot-SPAD S.91 (1,050 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rounded wingtips, a lengthened fuselage and a tailplane lowered to the fuselage base. Later the tailplane was restored to its former position. S.91/7 A

Europa XS (2,125 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coincident with that of the smaller wing to ensure that the rudder and tailplane are equally effective with either. Wingspan is increased to 42 feet (13 m)

Latécoère 24 (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

carried a nearly semi-circular rudder and a tailplane at mid height to keep it clear of the water. The tailplane incidence was adjustable on the ground; the

Boulton Paul Atlantic (1,344 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

had a near-circular profile, but the tailplane was quite rectangular, carrying unbalanced elevators. The tailplane incidence was adjustable from the cockpit

Short Shirl (1,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

original two-bladed airscrew. The second Shirl had larger ailerons and no tailplane incidence adjustment, which made it hard to trim for flight, both with

Yakovlev Yak-40 (2,463 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

angle of 50 degrees to move the tailplane rearwards to compensate for the short rear fuselage. The horizontal tailplane itself is unswept. The Yak-40 was

Akaflieg München Mü17 Merle (590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 7.5 m (25 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 3 m (10 ft) Height de-rigged: 1.4 m (4 ft

Moynet Jupiter (1,232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the upper sides of the rear fuselage. The straight edged, tapered tailplane was mounted on the fuselage top above the engine, with small endplate

Cierva C.19 (1,283 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

structure with endplate fins and rudders. To start the rotor, elevators and tailplanes were fixed in a near vertical position and the engine started. The wash

Bristol Type 173 (1,079 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flights when the helicopter was used for Naval trials, and a horizontal tailplane was added. As a result of the trials the Royal Navy showed an interest

Royal Aircraft Factory R.E.1 (731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reached forward to the strongly swept leading edge of the B.E.2 style tailplane. The fuselage was flat sided with deep, rounded decking and slender overall

Miles M.15 (754 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slightly modified second (Mk. II) machine with squared-off wings and tailplane to see if performance could be improved, but with little success. It has

Goupy No.1 (324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the wings connected by Voisin's characteristic "side curtains". The tailplane was a Hargrave cell in line with contemporary Voisin practice, with the

Koolhoven F.K.57 (876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

structure with the tailplane an integral part of the upper fuselage, carrying endplate fins with straight swept leading edges above the tailplane and rounded

Handley Page H.P.47 (812 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mounted ahead of the tailplane, moved with the horn-balanced rudder but through smaller angles, changing the camber, and the tailplane and single elevator

Vichy French Air Force (2,300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

identified by special markings on the fuselage and tailplane of each one. Initially, the rear fuselage and tailplane (excluding the rudder) were painted a bright

Vichy French Air Force (2,300 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

identified by special markings on the fuselage and tailplane of each one. Initially, the rear fuselage and tailplane (excluding the rudder) were painted a bright

Akaflieg Berlin B6 (284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 7.7 m (25 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1 m (3 ft 3 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.8 m (9 ft 2 in) Height de-rigged: 1.25 m

Slingsby Skylark 3 (923 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wing leading edge, enclosed with a perspex canopy. Tapered and clipped tailplane and elevators were mounted on top of the fuselage, far enough forward

Akaflieg Stuttgart fs16 (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 5.3 m (17 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 0.6 m (2 ft 0 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.83 m (9 ft 3 in) Height de-rigged: 1.12 m

Twin-boom aircraft (1,750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and was later adapted to jet power as the 21R. In these designs, the tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) is typically high-mounted on twin tail fins to

Akaflieg Berlin B5 (296 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 7.28 m (24 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1 m (3 ft 3 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) Height de-rigged: 1.24 m

Akaflieg Berlin B8 (285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 7.1 m (23 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 0.65 m (2 ft 2 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 3 m (10 ft) Height de-rigged: 1.5 m (4 ft

Thurston Teal (1,521 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

upgraded to TCS-1A1 status. TSC-1A1/EW The TSC-1A1/EW introduced wing and tailplane extensions. Wing span was increased four feet to 34 feet 11 inches (10

Fletcher BG-2 (383 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

panels of the BG-1 joined by a new wing center section and a horizontal tailplane connecting the two vertical fins, as well as a TV fairing under the inboard

Tipsy S.2 (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

horn balanced and mounted on a forward leaning hinge. The elevators and tailplane together formed an elliptical shape rather like that of the wings. As

Akaflieg München Mü15 (660 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 9.6 m (31 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1.02 m (3 ft 4 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in) Height de-rigged: 1.5 m

Westland PV.7 (1,275 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

V-struts to the lower fuselage. There was a castoring tailwheel under the tailplane. The fuselage was mostly constructed from square-section duralumin tube

Folland Gnat (5,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Auto-stabilisation was also to be used. By providing trimming with the canard, a large tailplane was not needed, as would have been on designs without a canard configuration

Schempp-Hirth Mini-Nimbus (843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

original Mini-Nimbus HS-7 design had an all-moving tailplane and fibre glass wing spars. A tailplane anti-balance tab was a required modification for certification

Saunders A.10 (815 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage. The rudder and elevators, the latter mounted on a cantilever tailplane were also unbalanced. After the first flight and the aileron modifications

Latécoère 6 (1,000 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

covered with thin steel. The tail unit was of similar construction. The tailplane was triangular and its incidence could be adjusted in flight for trim

Robin DR.200 (505 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Capitaine a four-seater with a 160 hp Lycoming O-320 engine and all-flying tailplane. The DR.250 first flew in 1965. The next development was a two-seat variant

Tupolev Tu-134 (2,235 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centre of lift, which was at the wings. To make room for the engines, the tailplanes had to be relocated to the tail fin, which had to be stronger and therefore

Handley Page H.P.51 (1,047 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trailing edges, the monoplane carrying noticeably more fin below the tailplane than its predecessor. The H.P.51 was powered by two 750 hp (560 kW) Armstrong

Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.8 (1,298 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tail booms. The booms themselves were attached to the main spar of the tailplane, rather than the rudder post, giving them taper in side elevation rather

Antoinette V (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

large tailplane, rhomboidal ailerons hinged from the trailing edges of the wingtips, and two triangular rudders above and below the tailplane. Delivered

RAE Hurricane (1,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rudder that extended between split elevators to the keel. Initially the tailplane leading edge was curved and merged into the curved elevator tips. Forward

Schempp-Hirth (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

World War II, the company built DFS Habicht training gliders, as well as tailplane assemblies for the Messerschmitt Bf 109. The company also built a research

Ireland Privateer (1,043 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the ailerons, with braced tailplane and elevators. The fin and balanced rudder extended above and below the tailplane, the rudder moving in an elevator

Jodel DR1050 Excellence (692 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1050M Modified version of DR.1050, with swept fin, one piece all-moving tailplane and available with Continental O-200-A or Potez 4E engines (as DR.1051M)

Fernic T-9 (411 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft, having two lifting wings in tandem as well as a conventional tailplane. It was a light twin-engined craft intended for flight distance record

Akaflieg Stuttgart fs18 (424 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 10 m (33 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1 m (3 ft 3 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) Height de-rigged: 1.25 m

Douglas O-2 (2,318 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage behind the firewall, wing attachments and landing gear parts, tailplane, and many engine parts, as well as eight of the twelve pistons, have now

Rolls-Royce Soar (518 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Three Soar engines were used on this design, two on the tips of the tailplane, and one on the tip of the fin. One-third scale models without engines

Alfred Mellows (299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

result of AAA fire, which almost completely destroyed the aircraft's tailplane. Despite the damage incurred which made manoeuvring the aircraft extremely

Short Seamew (1,823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rockets, depth charges, flares and small bombs. The large, slab-like tailplane was mounted high on the vertical stabiliser, requiring the rudder to be

Lockheed CL-1200 Lancer (2,125 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

featured a new high-mounted, increased span wing and low-mounted, enlarged tailplanes. Both features were to improve flight handling characteristics and short-field

Willoughby Delta 8 (1,034 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mounted over the tailplane carried balanced rudders, their overall profile almost triangular. The fins were externally braced to the tailplane. The Delta 9

Rutan Quickie (1,565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forward wing and one rear wing (instead of the more usual main wing and tailplane). According to Rutan this layout was not new, having previously been used

History of the Armée de l'Air (1909–1942) (5,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

identified by special markings on the fuselage and tailplane of each one. Initially, the rear fuselage and tailplane (excluding the rudder) were painted a bright

Short S.27 (3,084 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

S.27. The aircraft was an equal span pusher biplane with a monoplane tailplane and an elevator mounted on booms forward of the wings, the elevator being

DFS 332 (375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

edges with full-span ailerons. Each fuselage had its own tailfin, with a tailplane and elevator between them. The DFS 332 was a glider, a configuration that

Linjeflyg (475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on approach to Bromma Airport, Stockholm owing to ice accretion on the tailplane leading to a loss of control. All 22 people on board were killed. SAS

Slingsby T.25 Gull 4 (1,024 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fin was integral with the fuselage and also skinned with plywood. The tailplane was built up with wooden ribs and plywood leading edges stiffened with

Blohm & Voss P 198 (278 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage continuing back above it to a conventional tail with mid-set tailplane. Its large, 15 m span wing and powerful engine gave it a good rate of

Blohm & Voss P 196 (200 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wings, with the undercarriage retracting into the front of the booms. The tailplane was raised midway up the twin tail fins to clear the jet exhaust, with

Akaflieg Darmstadt D-36 Circe (971 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flutter, so a long, projecting mass balance was added at the centre of the tailplane. The whole tail was later redesigned by Holighaus who produced a shorter

Kinner Envoy (358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

undercarriage was fitted with streamlined spats on the main gear. The low-set tailplane was braced by wires from the middle of the fin. Four civil examples were

Tailless aircraft (2,548 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the outer wing section allows the outer wing to act like a conventional tailplane stabiliser. If this is done progressively along the span of the outer

De Havilland DH.60 Moth (3,787 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

covered fuselage and fabric covered surfaces, a standard tailplane with a single tailplane and fin. A useful feature of the design was its folding wings

Caudron C.510 Pélican (224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

design was modified with a lengthened fuselage, an improved wing and tailplane design. A single-engined high-wing monoplane, the Pélican had a conventional

Caudron C.510 Pélican (224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

design was modified with a lengthened fuselage, an improved wing and tailplane design. A single-engined high-wing monoplane, the Pélican had a conventional

No. 352 Squadron RAF (517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

aircraft serviceability form for his Supermarine Spitfire Mark VC on the tailplane of the aircraft, before taking off on the unit's first operation. Note

Canadair CL-84 Dynavert (2,026 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

normal flight angle to those for STOL and VTOL. The incidence of the tailplane (or stabilizer) was automatically altered to deal with trim changes as

Blohm & Voss P 192 (455 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

metres (38 ft 5 in). The P 192.02 was slightly smaller and had a tapered tailplane, in comparison to the P.01 with a constant-chord tail. Cowin (1963) Hugh

Keystone XOK (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flight after the cowling detached itself and smashed into the wings and tailplane. With the Berliner-Joyce and Vought prototypes nearly ready for trials

Lachassagne AL 5 (1,087 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

seat sports aircraft with novel, in-flight variable camber wings and tailplane. It first flew in 1930; at least two were built. The Lachassagne AL 3

Göppingen Gö 4 (1,241 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to the tail where the cross-section is shield shaped. The ply covered tailplane is mounted on a small step above the fuselage; together with the fabric

Sopwith Two-Seat Scout (277 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with equal span wings and ailerons fitted on all four wings and a braced tailplane and a single rudder. It had a fixed tailskid landing gear with a cross-axle

English Electric Lightning (14,319 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

angle (60 degrees) and tailplane position (low) considering it to be dangerous. To assess the effects of wing sweep and tailplane position on the stability

FBA Type A (929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hull and the tailplane. The Type H was developed from the Type C but was larger, had a new hull that wasn't attached directly to the tailplane, had an oval

Schneider Grunau 9 (885 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that was rectangular apart from its sloping lower edge. A triangular tailplane was mounted on the upper, horizontal fuselage beam with the elevator hinge

Akaflieg München Mü13 (966 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 8.5 m (28 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1.04 m (3 ft 5 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 2.52 m (8 ft 3 in) Height de-rigged: 1.52 m

Sopwith Dolphin (2,871 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Mk II also featured an additional fuel tank, a variable incidence tailplane, strengthened airframe and longer exhaust pipes. The Air Service anticipated

Blackburn Botha (2,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rectified on a second aircraft sent for trials by a slight increase in the tailplane area and a larger horn-balanced elevator. A total of 380 aircraft were

Lockheed P-7 (879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

farther away from the fuselage to reduce noise levels in the cabin. The tailplane was increased by about 25% in area, but shortened in height compared to

Friedrichshafen FF.34 (264 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the back of the nacelle. The twin tail booms were fitted to a rear tailplane/elevator assembly. The aircraft was later modified with a conventional

Akaflieg Darmstadt D-30 Cirrus (1,069 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

de-rigged: 10.05 m (33 ft) Width de-rigged (without tailplane): 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Width de-rigged (with tailplane): 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) Height de-rigged: 1 m (3 ft

Boeing X-50 Dragonfly (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

November 2003. The X-50 had a "canard" foreplane as well as a conventional tailplane, allowing both to contribute lift during forward flight and to offload

Tupolev TB-6 (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The tail empennage would have had three vertical stabilizers on the tailplane, the center vertical stabilizer taller than the others. An alternative

Lockheed L-133 (733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a cheap-to-build single-engine aircraft with a conventional wing and tailplane design, not using the blended wing-body and canard layout of the L-133

BFW M.22 (402 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ailerons on both wings. It had a conventional tail with an externally-braced tailplane. The upper wing was raised above the fuselage by a long faired pylon,

Akaflieg Stuttgart fs33 (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

geometry and mass for the vertical fin and tailplane, which led to the use of the fin of a Nimbus-3D and tailplane of a Nimbus-4D, though slightly modified

Phönix C.I (523 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was building under licence. A conventional biplane with a rear fuselage/tailplane similar to aircraft designed by Ernst Heinkel. The C.I had a fixed tail-skid

Luton Buzzard (378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ultralight of wooden construction, fitted with split flaps and an all-flying tailplane, and powered by a 35 hp Anzani inverted Vee air-cooled engine. The Buzzard

Boeing Model 204 (382 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

type produced by Boeing Aircraft of Canada. These had altered wing and tailplane incidence and a reduction in upper wing area. The prototype was first

Farman F.250 (460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in a cut-out between the elevators; the latter were mounted, with the tailplane, on top of the fuselage. Forward of the cabin, the top and bottom of the

Hunting H.126 (1,652 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

roll, were operated by an auto-stabilizer system. The variable-incidence tailplane is hydraulically actuated and was directly linked to the elevators to

SNCAC NC.211 Cormoran (901 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

high stress components the Cormoran had a conventional tail unit with tailplane attached to the extreme rear of the fuselage and fin also. The cockpit

Critical Mach number (675 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mach number, the shock waves that form in the airflow over the wing and tailplane are sufficient to stall the wing, render the control surfaces ineffective

TMM Avia T-10 Avia-Tor (730 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formed from steel tubes with fibreglass ribs, all fabric covered. The tailplane is wire braced from above to the fin with a pair of wires on each side

Silence Twister (565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Twister is a single-seat low-wing monoplane with elliptical wings and tailplane. It has a retractable conventional landing gear with a fixed tailwheel

Gotha G.VI (514 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the tail unit was to have been alleviated by fitting an asymmetric tailplane, offset to port, on the second prototype which was not completed before

Praga E-210 (1,088 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

arrangement. The fixed surfaces were wooden framed and plywood covered, the tailplane attached to the top of the fuselage and braced externally from below.

LFG Roland D.III (481 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

fuselage and the upper wing, braced by cabane struts. The size of the tailplane was also increased. While this did indeed result in an improvement over

Potez 661 (587 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The tail unit carried twin vertical endplate fins, slightly oval on a tailplane that had strong dihedral. The balanced rudders and elevators were metal

De Havilland Mosquito (20,431 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

airflow was striking the tailplane, causing buffeting. To smooth the air flow and deflect it from forcefully striking the tailplane, nonretractable slots

Mil V-12 (2,306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rear fuselage is a very large fin and rudder, with a moderately sized tailplane with dihedral fitted with end-plate fins (not fitted for the first flight)

Hawker Siddeley P.1127 (5,410 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vertical takeoff process; as there was no airflow over the ailerons, tailplane, and rudder while the aircraft was held in a stationary hover, wingtip

Arado E.340 (479 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centre-section. The tail of the aircraft was a unique design, where the tailplane did not connect the two booms but was cantilevered outwards instead, each

Heston JC.6 (436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

twin booms and two vertical tail surfaces joined by a single horizontal tailplane. It was powered by a rear-mounted de Havilland Gipsy Queen six-cylinder

Skyeton K-10 Swift (643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tab, is only slightly swept. The tailplane and single piece elevator, also tabbed, are set well back, with the tailplane leading edge behind the rudder

IIL IS-8 (726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the elevators, between the fin at the root and between a rearwards tailplane extension at the tip. The starboard elevator carried a trim tab. The ply-skinned

Savoia-Marchetti SM.93 (590 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The fuselage had a monocoque structure, with a single fin and low-set tailplane. The crew of two were accommodated under a long greenhouse-style canopy

Grahame-White Type VII (571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A single horizontal tailplane with a split elevator and a rudder divided into two part, half above and half below the tailplane, were carried on ash

SZD-41 Jantar Standard (818 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

brake on the monowheel at full extension. The cantilever fibreglass–epoxy tailplane is attached to the top of the fin, trimming of the elevator was achieved

1963 BAC One-Eleven test crash (605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and physically lower the nose before the stall is reached, while the tailplane and pitch controls are still effective. In October 2013 a stone memorial

Neiva B Monitor (848 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cockpit has dual controls. The empennage is conventional, with a braced tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage. The landing gear is a forward skid with

Hamilton H-47 (880 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

accessed by a rooftop hatch. The tail was conventional, with a braced tailplane. Both the H-45 and the H-47 were powered by a single, uncowled, Pratt

Aero Ae 02 (393 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mechanism, rather than the more usual cables. A lifting cantilevered tailplane was fitted with divided and balanced elevators and the triangular tail

Boeing 80 (984 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Model 80A-1 – version with revised empennage with an added finlet on each tailplane; all 10 Model 80As converted to this standard Model 80B-1 – single Model

Bristol Boxkite (3,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a single sprung tailskid mounted below the leading edge of the lower tailplane. The first two Boxkites, assigned works numbers 7 and 8, differed in detail

Timm T-840 (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tail surfaces were conventional, with the tailplane mounted on top of the fuselage; like the fin, the tailplane was a plywood covered wooden structure.

Anhedral (67 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to: Anhedral angle, the downward angle from horizontal of the wings or tailplane of a fixed-wing aircraft Anhedral (petrology), a rock texture without

Piaggio P.10 (243 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the pilot, further aft was a cockpit for a gunner, just in front of the tailplane was the third cockpit for the observer. A landplane variant, the P.10bis

Sukhoi Su-10 (810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

at the tip. The tail unit comprised a 45-degree swept fin and un-swept tailplane at approx 2/3 fin span using TsAGI 1V-00 aerofoil sections. Ailerons and

Antonov 181 (271 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

next to each other, a tricycle fixed landing gear configuration, a V-tailplane, and high-wing equipped with a channel wing in the area of the propellers

Lemberger LD20b (658 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

LD20b was one of this kind, designed with readily detachable wings and tailplane so that it could be towed by a car. Whilst towing, the wings were stowed

Schütte-Lanz D.VI (374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trailing edge where there was a small cut-out to aid the pilot's vision. The tailplane was placed on top of the fuselage and like the vertical tail was essentially

Dornier Do 32 (626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rudder, built to resist thermal stresses, for yaw control. The horizontal tailplane was swept. The pilot sat in front of the rotor pylon, on a simple seat

Hafner Rotachute (1,136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a self-inflating rear fairing made of rubberised fabric with integral tailplane. The two rotor blades, of wooden construction, could achieve flapping

Potez 662 (654 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The tail unit carried twin vertical endplate fins, slightly oval on a tailplane that had strong dihedral. The balanced rudders and elevators were metal

Aircraft spotting (1,870 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

indicates whether it is a monoplane, biplane or triplane. The position of the tailplane relative to the fin(s) and the shape of the fin are other attributes.

Dewoitine P-3 (232 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rectangular section fuselage, one-piece wing sat on top, an all flying tailplane for pitch control with a rectangular fin and large rudder. The undercarriage

Boeing Bird of Prey (642 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

flight. This configuration, which can be stable without a horizontal tailplane and a conventional vertical rudder, is now a standard in later stealth

Kamov Ka-25 (1,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the cabin had a central fin and twin toed-in fins at the ends of the tailplane mainly for use during auto-rotation. The undercarriage consisted of two

Boeing 2707 (4,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

position underneath an enlarged tailplane. When the wings were in their swept-back position, they merged with the tailplane to produce a delta-wing planform

North American MQM-42 (462 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of largely conventional design, with small delta wings and a downswept tailplane; the vertical stabilizer doubled as a pylon for the aircraft's ramjet

Schleicher K 10 (532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to producing an improved Ka 6, the Ka 6E, which adopted the all-moving tailplane of the K 10 but used the earlier NACA airfoils. Three K 10s remained on

R.A.E. – Vickers Transonic Research Rocket (1,030 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

oscillators for combustion chamber pressure and tailplane angle, servos and dive mechanism for the tailplane which together with the fixed directional fin

Junkers T 29 (609 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bügeleisen (en: flat iron). The fuselage tapered to the parallel chord tailplane braced on top of it. The fin was blunt and the rudder wide chord and deep

Rotorcraft (1,449 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rotor/wing (CRW) concept added a "canard" foreplane as well as a conventional tailplane, offloading the rotor wing and providing control during forward flight

Schütte-Lanz D.VII (540 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

500 mm (19.7 in) shorter D.VII was less slender than its predecessor. Its tailplane, placed on top of the fuselage, had a higher aspect ratio and carried

Vought XS2U (381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

nacelles. The twin-tail fins were canted inward, 90 degrees from the tailplane dihedral. Construction was begun on the fuselages and wings, but technical

ICA IS-23 (553 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and straight tipped, though the fin and rudder were slightly swept. The tailplane was mounted on top of the fuselage. The rudder was horn balanced, fitted

Handasyde glider (757 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cockpit, where the pilot worked them with his left hand. The all-moving tailplane was rectangular, the fin triangular with a vertical hinge line for the

Akaflieg München Mü2 Münchner Kindl (231 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that sat on the square-section aerofoil profiled fuselage. An all-flying tailplane was mounted at the extreme end of the fuselage with a fin mounting a large

No Highway in the Sky (2,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

susceptible to structural failure of the tailplane. Honey is running a fatigue test on the fin and tailplane (empennage) of a Reindeer, using a very high

Slingsby Prefect (943 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slightly reshaped rudder that extended down to the keel. The straight-tipped tailplane, mounted on the top of the fuselage and braced from below, had a strongly

Junkers T 19 (605 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the rear with access via a triangular shaped starboard side door. The tailplane was mounted on top of the fuselage and carried horn balanced elevators

AGO Ao 192 (733 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

prototype. Argus As 10 C engines. Ao 192V2 Second prototype, revised, braced, tailplane. Ao 192V3 Third prototype. Argus As 10E engines, revised fuselage and

Kamov Ka-118 (281 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Ka-118 features a single 4-blade main rotor, V-tail with upper tailplane, and a skid undercarriage. Pilot and copilot seated in side-by-side configuration

Blohm & Voss P 163 (618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conventional, having a tractor propeller and conventional tail, with the tailplane mounted part way up the fin. The tail section and control surfaces were

Tandem wing (2,530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

lies between the wings. Compared to the conventional layout, where the tailplane exerts little or no vertical force in cruising flight, both tandem wings

Yakovlev Yak-36 (945 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

possible, tapering sharply to the swept tail surfaces with a high-set tailplane. Control of the aircraft was by conventional rudder, ailerons and elevators

Koolhoven Heidevogel (421 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

vertical strut pairs. At the rear, fixed and almost square horizontal tailplanes stretched between the upper and the lower pairs of booms. A pair of trapezoidal

Avions Fairey Junior (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

bubble hood. The constant chord wings were almost square ended and the tailplane, fin and rudder also angular. Both completed aircraft were initially powered

SZD-40x Halny (657 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

4 sq ft) Aspect ratio: 24.84 :1 Airfoil: For all surfaces:- Wing - NN-11M Tailplane - NACA 64 1 012 Fin - NACA 643 - 018 - NACA 652 - 015 Empty weight: 410 kg

Hansa-Brandenburg W.20 (378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slender hull on which was mounted a biplane wing and a conventional braced tailplane. It was powered by a seven-cylinder, 80 PS Oberursel U.0 rotary engine

Civil Aviation Department Kartik (798 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the tail surfaces which were straight tapered and square tipped. Its tailplane, mounted at the top of the fuselage, was positioned forward of the fin

Junkers J 15 (618 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

them and clear of the trailing edge of the wing, in an open cockpit. The tailplane was mounted on the top of the fuselage and a small triangular fin carried

Short Satellite (467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with wooden box spars; the ribs however were of duralumin, as were the tailplane, elevators, fin and rudder. The cantilever wings had a span of 34 ft (10

Koolhoven F.K.45 (429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

wing trailing edge where a rectangular cut-out enhanced visibility. Its tailplane was mounted on top of the fuselage; the fin was quadrant shaped and the

PZL Bielsko SZD-50 Puchacz (619 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to secure the wings in place and a spring-loaded locking pin for the tailplane. The air brakes open above and below the wings and are extremely efficient

Trim drag (303 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

elevator and the trimable horizontal stabilizer. This downwards force on the tailplane (horizontal stabilizer and elevator combination) produces lift–induced

De Havilland Canada DHC-3 Otter (3,653 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

contamination in a hydraulic valve allowed the flaps to rapidly retract with the tailplane still fully trimmed, and the consequent nose drop was severe enough to

Schleicher ASW 28 (418 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shoulder-winged composite construction sailplane with a T-shaped horizontal tailplane and 15 metre wingspan. The upper wing surface has Schempp-Hirth airbrakes

Dream Tundra (822 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

longerons forward of the cabin. Four-position Fowler flaps are fitted. The tailplane and elevators are rectangular in plan, with a cutout in the latter to

Slingsby Kite 2 (542 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

trailing edge mounted on a fin that was little more than a rudder-post. The tailplane, braced from below and on the top of the fuselage was far enough forward