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    The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tail[citation needed]) of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the...
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    Empennage (redirect from Tail assembly)
    The empennage (/ˌɑːmpɪˈnɑːʒ/ or /ˈɛmpɪnɪdʒ/), also known as the tail or tail assembly, is a structure at the rear of an aircraft that provides stability...
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  • Butterfly tail may refer to: V-tail, an arrangement of the tail on aircraft Butterfly tail (goldfish), a breed of goldfish Pelikan tail This disambiguation...
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    Tailplane (redirect from Tail-plane)
    while in V-tail aircraft the vertical stabilizer, rudder, and the tail-plane and elevator are combined to form two diagonal surfaces in a V layout. The...
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    Bell MV-75 (redirect from V-280)
    event of engine loss. The V-280 will have retractable landing gear, a triple-redundant fly by wire control system, and a V-tail configuration. The wings...
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    been built, produced in both distinctive V-tail and conventional tail configurations; early conventional-tail versions were marketed as the Debonair. At...
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    form an empennage positioned at the tail of the aircraft. Other arrangements of the empennage, such as the V-tail configuration, feature stabilizers which...
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    the original small V-tail surfaces. The Super-V competed with Beechcraft's own Travel Air twin-engine Bonanza derivative. The Super-V is an extensive conversion...
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    A vertical stabilizer or tail fin is the static part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. The term is commonly applied to the assembly of both this fixed...
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    Northrop Tacit Blue (category V-tail aircraft)
    rounded-off rectangular shape), featured a straight tapered wing with a V-tail mounted on an oversized fuselage with a curved shape. It was the first stealth...
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  • ACME Anser (category V-tail aircraft)
    skin panels. The tail unit was to have been a simplified light-alloy built-up structure with a plastic foam core mounting a V-tail and housing the retractable...
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    Mugin UAV Mugin (category V-tail aircraft)
    with a 2,600 mm (8.5 ft) wingspan. Built in both "H-Tail" (twin tail) and "V-Tail" (inverted V-tail) configurations and intended for 20-35cc gasoline engine...
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    Guizhou WZ-7 Soaring Dragon (category V-tail aircraft)
    operational WZ-7 has a significantly modified shape. The single vertical tail on the prototype was changed to a pair of canted tails. A turbofan engine...
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    on take-off and landing. Cruciform tail Pelikan tail Twin tail V-tail Hans Multhopp, a pioneer user of the T-Tail concept near World War II's end Smith...
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    Northrop YF-23 (category V-tail aircraft)
    that balanced stealth and maneuverability with diamond wings, all-moving V-tail "ruddervators" (or butterfly tails), engine exhaust troughs, and aligned...
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    Boeing MQ-25 Stingray (category V-tail aircraft)
    fuselage shaping, flush inlet to shield engine blades from radar, and a V-tail. Images of an MQ-25 model released in April 2024 showed AGM-158C LRASM anti-ship...
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    his flight test work on the plane. The V-Jet II was an all-composite structure with a forward-swept wing, a V-tail, each fin of which was mounted on the...
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    Zeppelin Fliegende Panzerfaust (category V-tail aircraft)
    the Fliegende Panzerfaust was a small aircraft with an armored nose, a v-tail, a wingspan of 4.5 m and a length of 6.0 m. This Zeppelin-built aircraft...
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    Sonex Aircraft Sonex (category V-tail aircraft)
    Almost identical to the Sonex, but features a Y-tail. Although similar in looks to a V-tail, the Y-tail has a stub rudder in line with the aft fuselage...
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    Rutan Long-EZ and SpaceShipOne. The V-22 Osprey uses a twin tail arrangement. Cruciform tail Pelikan tail T-tail V-tail Schiff, Barry: Flying, page 15. Golden...
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  • Hawker Siddeley P.1017 (category V-tail aircraft)
    change the thrust vectoring. The aircraft had a T-shaped tail, although a version with a V-tail was also developed. Hawker's Secret Projects: Cold War Aircraft...
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    Blohm & Voss P 213 (category V-tail aircraft)
    conventional high-wing monoplane with unswept, tapered wings and an inverted v-tail. The pilot was positioned just in front of the wing, the jet intake in the...
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    Fouga CM.170 Magister (category V-tail aircraft)
    aircraft manufacturer Établissements Fouga & Cie. Easily recognizable by its V-tail, almost 1,000 have been built in France and under license in West Germany...
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    Antonov 181 (category V-tail aircraft)
    side-by-side seating, a fixed tricycle landing gear configuration, and a V-tail. Power from the engine is delivered by means of drive shafts and deflection...
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  • Tervamäki ATE-3 (category V-tail aircraft)
    to increase its dynamic stability. They chose a V-tail to give the aircraft the largest practical tail surfaces while still preserving sufficient clearance...
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    Swearingen Metroliner, and the Rockwell B-1 Lancer. Pelikan tail T-tail Twin tail V-tail "Cruciform tail Pros and Cons". thoracentesis.science. Archived from...
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    DRS Sentry HP (category V-tail aircraft)
    the Sentry HP is a completely different machine, with a broad wing and a V tail. The Sentry HP is larger, with greater payload capacity and an underwing...
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    Sonex Aircraft Teros (category V-tail aircraft)
    Sciences Corporation. The NASC Teros UAS is a single-engine, low wing, V tail monoplane developed by Navmar Applied Sciences Corporation in collaboration...
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    forward of the center of gravity and a small wheel or skid to support the tail. The term taildragger is also used. The term "conventional" persists for...
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    The Pelikan tail is an experimental tail design for fighter jets. It was originally conceived by Ralph Pelikan, who was hired by McDonnell Aircraft, later...
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