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Avro RJ-85 of SN Brussels Airlines (Belgium) McDonnell Douglas MD-90 Piper PA-44-180 Seminole Grob G 109 motor glider Beechcraft 1900D of the Swiss Air Force T-tail of aircraft . A T-tail is an empennage configuration in which the tailplane of an aircraft is mounted to the top of the fin. The arrangement looks like the capital letter T, hence ...
Normal flight (above), Deep stall condition - T-tail in "shadow" of wing (below) A Schweizer SGS 1-36 being used for deep-stall research by NASA over the Mojave Desert in 1983. A deep stall (or super-stall) is a dangerous type of stall that affects certain aircraft designs, notably jet aircraft with a T-tail configuration and rear-mounted ...
The spring-loaded slat lies flush with the wing leading edge, held in place by the force of the air acting on them. As the aircraft slows down, the aerodynamic force is reduced and the springs extend the slats. Sometimes referred to as Handley-Page slats. Fixed The slat is permanently extended.
In addition, the tail is located in the flow field of the main wing, and consequently experiences downwash, reducing its angle of attack. In a statically stable aircraft of conventional (tail in rear) configuration, the tail-plane force may act upward or downward depending on the design and the flight conditions. [14]
Outboard tail. An outboard tail is located outboard of the main wing tips. Although sometimes described as tailless, the outboard tail configuration differs from a tailless wing in that the horizontal stabilizer is discontinuous from the main wing surface, typically being set further back and requiring a short boom to support it. If the wing is ...
Pages in category "Aircraft tail configurations" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. P.
The empennage of an Atlas Air Boeing 747-200. The empennage (/ ˌ ɑː m p ɪ ˈ n ɑː ʒ / or / ˈ ɛ m p ɪ n ɪ dʒ /), also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability during flight, in a way similar to the feathers on an arrow.
The elevator is a moveable part of the horizontal stabilizer, hinged to the back of the fixed part of the horizontal tail. The elevators move up and down together. When the pilot pulls the stick backward, the elevators go up. Pushing the stick forward causes the elevators to go down. Raised elevators push down on the tail and cause the nose to ...