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The physics of maintaining a specific state in the dynamic system of aircraft flight.

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Why do some fighter jets have movable horizontal stabilizer instead of elevators installed o...

I have noticed that the horizontal stabilizers on some fighter jets move up and down to increase and decrease the angle of attack, but on some airliners they use elevators to adjust the angle of attac …
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Is a horizontal stabilizer necessary on an aircraft with a tandem wing?

Let's say that there is an aircraft with more than one main wing and each of these wings have elevators. Would it be necessary to have a horizontal stabilizer? The figure below shows an example of wha …
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