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  2. Vertical stabilizer - Wikipedia

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    The vertical stabilizer is the fixed vertical surface of the empennage. A vertical stabilizer or tail fin [1] [2] is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. [1] The term is commonly applied to the assembly of both this fixed surface and one or more movable rudders hinged to it. Their role is to provide control, stability and trim ...

  3. List of aircraft structural failures - Wikipedia

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    Near Mora: [7] loss of vertical stabilizer [8] 1964-01-04 1964 B-57 crash Dayton, United States NRB-57 Canberra: Mis-management of fuel system, causing CofG to be beyond its safe rearward limit 2 Both wings failed 1964-01-10 B-52 flight test of vertical stabilizer New Mexico, United States B-52 Stratofortress: Unknowingly exceeded design ...

  4. United Airlines Flight 232 - Wikipedia

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    The pilots were able to keep the plane airborne for 32 minutes using differential engine power, but without any hydraulics or the stabilizing force of the vertical stabilizer, the plane eventually crashed in mountainous terrain. There were only 4 survivors among the 524 on board. This accident is the deadliest single-aircraft accident in ...

  5. Stabilizer (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    A Boeing 737 uses an adjustable stabilizer, moved by a jackscrew, to provide the required pitch trim forces. Generic stabilizer illustrated. A horizontal stabilizer is used to maintain the aircraft in longitudinal balance, or trim: [3] it exerts a vertical force at a distance so the summation of pitch moments about the center of gravity is zero. [4]

  6. Elevator (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Both the horizontal stabilizer and the elevator contribute to pitch stability, but only the elevators provide pitch control. [1] They do so by decreasing or increasing the downward force created by the stabilizer: an increased downward force, produced by up elevator, forces the tail down and the nose up.

  7. Beta - Projects Desktop Windows - AOL

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    Fixed! - attempt to install 64 bit .net update in 32 OS November Updates and Fixes This update contains fixes that were discovered through beta tester feedback and contains some of the most requested features.

  8. Strake (aeronautics) - Wikipedia

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    Nose, wing and ventral strakes Vortices over the wing strakes of an F/A-18E Super Hornet. In aviation, a strake is an aerodynamic surface generally mounted on the fuselage of an aircraft to improve the flight characteristics either by controlling the airflow (acting as large vortex generators) or by a simple stabilising effect.

  9. Trailing cone - Wikipedia

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    Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; ... A Boeing 787-8 during a test flight with a trailing cone attached to the vertical stabilizer.