Timeline for Does this type of stabilizer exist?
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| S Sep 18, 2015 at 11:40 | history | suggested | user | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Add image of the US Space Shuttle Atlantis during transport, for aircraft comparison
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| Sep 18, 2015 at 10:51 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Sep 17, 2015 at 21:49 | vote | accept | Ethan | ||
| Sep 17, 2015 at 16:42 | comment | added | Andy | I'd also add that for a full size plane this design would lead to relatively high bending stresses at the top of the fin, due to the abrupt change from horizontal to near vertical. This would be worse when the tail is generating a high pitching moment. (I agree with all points in the answer by the way, this is just another bit of detail for Ethan to consider looking into.) | |
| Sep 17, 2015 at 15:06 | comment | added | egid | I'm not sure the application of anything to a paper airplane is going to show benefits or downsides. There's just not enough in common with an actual aircraft. | |
| Sep 17, 2015 at 13:18 | comment | added | mins | Interesting paper on tail design, by Mohammad Sadraey, Daniel Webster College. Includes rationale to select a design over the other. | |
| Sep 17, 2015 at 8:36 | comment | added | Ethan | I wouldn't say that it has very little benefit because I put this type of tail on a paper airplane and it flew just fine and wasn't difficult to build it either. | |
| Sep 17, 2015 at 7:37 | vote | accept | Ethan | ||
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| Sep 17, 2015 at 3:39 | review | First posts | |||
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| Sep 17, 2015 at 3:35 | history | answered | Airsick | CC BY-SA 3.0 |