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Questions about the tail part of an aircraft, also called the empennage.
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What type of airfoil should be used for horizontal tailplanes?
Being on the tail is a sufficient condition to provide the airplane with stability, no matter if the airfoil is symmetrical or cambered. …
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What happens to aerofoil downwash with Flaps extended vs retracted and how does it affect th...
why does this result in an increased Tail Down Force? … how does the downwash of the wing affect the tail force? …
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Why don't airliner vertical tails extend to the very aft of the fuselage?
the root of the vertical tail doesn't extend right to the aft-most point of the fuselage
All of these three characteristics develop in respect to the CG and/or the aerodynamic center AC of the airplane … This seems counter-intuitive given extending the tail further aft would increase the moment arm
The sizing condition for the vertical stabiliser is normally given by stability against Dutch-roll and, …
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