Questions tagged [sud-caravelle]
A Sud Aviation (formerly SNCASE) narrow-body twinjet introduced in 1959, and the first regional jetliner ever produced.
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Why did some Caravelles have a very long dorsal fin?
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Why did some Sud Aviation Caravelles have a very long dorsal fin stretching half the fuselage?
Initially I thought it's to keep the fin low to fit in existing hangars as a selling point, ...
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Why do some turbofan-engined Caravelles, but not all, have an anti-shock body at the root of the horizontal stabilizers?
Many turbofan-engined Caravelles have a prominent anti-shock body where the horizontal stabilizers attach to the vertical tail, about a quarter of the way up the latter. (Turbojet-engined Caravelles ...
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Why do some Caravelles have a full outboard wing fence, and some only a partial outboard fence?
The Caravelle has two wing fences on each wing, so as to limit the spanwise airflow (and associated tip-stall problems) that would otherwise occur due to its rearward-swept wings.
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What is this thing apparently attached to the bottom of this Caravelle's engine, and why is it there?
This Caravelle 10B appears to have something mounted on, or stuck to, the lower surface of its No. 2 engine nacelle.
(Image originally by clipperarctic at Flickr, via Russavia at Wikimedia Commons; ...
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Why are turbofan-engined Caravelles' engine pylons open at the back?
The engine pylons of turbofan-engined Caravelles are open at the very back, looking for all the world like someone'd simply taken a saw and sliced off the rearmost portion of the pylon:
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