A T-tail is an empennage configuration in which the tailplane is mounted to the top of the fin. The arrangement looks like the capital letter T, hence...
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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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The Raytheon T-1 Jayhawk is a twin-engined jet aircraft used by the United States Air Force for advanced pilot training. T-1A students go on to fly airlift...
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Vertical stabilizer (redirect from Vertical tail)
fuselage (a configuration termed "conventional tail"). Other configurations, such as T-tail or twin tail, are sometimes used instead. Vertical stabilizers...
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Trametes versicolor (redirect from Turkey tail)
turkey's tail feathers, T. versicolor is most commonly referred to as turkey tail. A similar-looking mushroom commonly called "false turkey tail" is from...
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Beechcraft Super King Air (redirect from Textron T-54A)
changes to the rear fuselage to accommodate a new T-tail (in place of the 100's conventional tail with all-moving trimmable horizontal stabilizer) and...
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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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Robert T. & Edward J. Ray (15 November 1965). "A Systematic Study of the Factors Contributing to Post-Stall Longitudinal Stability of T-Tail Transport...
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Beechcraft King Air (redirect from T-44 Pegasus)
100 series developed in the 1960s are known as King Airs, while the later T-tail Model 200 and 300 series were originally marketed as Super King Airs, with...
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incorporates 95% composite material, is powered by two electric motors, and has a T-tail. The prototype first flew on 27 September 2022. Eviation was founded in...
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Lockheed C-141 Starlifter (category T-tail aircraft)
basic configuration, the Model 300 was a large airlifter, furnished with a T-tail and a high-mounted swept wing, under which a total of four pod-mounted TF33...
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Boeing 727 (category T-tail aircraft)
the 727 is powered by Pratt & Whitney JT8D low-bypass turbofans below a T-tail, one on each side of the rear fuselage and a center one fed through an S-duct...
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Ilyushin Il-62 (category T-tail aircraft)
fitted in twinned/paired nacelles by the sides of, and beneath, a T-shaped empennage (T-tail). In the case of Ilyushin, the configuration was dictated by TsAGI...
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Beechcraft 1900 (category T-tail aircraft)
overcoming T-tail blanking when the aircraft is in higher angles of attack. Additional fins for yaw stability were installed on the tail for 1900Ds,...
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Gulfstream V (category T-tail aircraft)
has thrust reversers and composite flight control surfaces. The horizontal tail area is 30% larger, wingspan is increased from 74.6 to 93.5 ft (22.7 to 28...
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Swearingen Metroliner, and the Rockwell B-1 Lancer. Pelikan tail T-tail Twin tail V-tail "Which Aircraft Designs Feature Cruciform Tails?". Simple Flying...
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British Aerospace 146 (category T-tail aircraft)
program. The BAe 146/Avro RJ is a high-wing cantilever monoplane with a T-tail. It has four geared turbofan engines mounted on pylons underneath the wings...
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Beechcraft Duchess (category T-tail aircraft)
all-metal low-wing monoplane with retractable tricycle landing gear and a T-tail. It seats four. The design used components and the bonded wing construction...
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subroutine, the subroutine is said to be tail recursive, which is a special case of direct recursion. Tail recursion (or tail-end recursion) is particularly useful...
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Hawker Siddeley P.1017 (category T-tail aircraft)
nose/tail sections of the fuselage, and main engine nacelles with a nozzle that could deviate to change the thrust vectoring. The aircraft had a T-shaped...
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312 sq ft (29 m2) swept wing for a 22,000 lb (10 t) MTOW and a 2,350 nmi (4,350 km) range, a T-tail and two 3,650–4,080 lbf (16.2–18.1 kN) TFE731 turbofans...
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Bombardier Challenger 600 series (category T-tail aircraft)
after Bill Lear was phased out, and the original conventional tail was changed for a T-tail among other developments. The first prototype was rolled out...
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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 Press...
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Canard (aeronautics) (redirect from Tail first)
this configuration for their first Flyer. They were suspicious of the aft tail because Otto Lilienthal had been killed in a glider with one. The Wrights...
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Handley Page Victor (category T-tail aircraft)
Distinguishing features of the Victor were its highly swept T-tail with considerable dihedral on the tail planes, and a prominent chin bulge that contained the...
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Cessna CitationJet/M2 (category T-tail aircraft)
Citation II's forward fuselage with a new carry-through section wing and a T-tail. The original CitationJet model has been updated into the CJ1/CJ1+/M2 variants;...
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Tupolev Tu-155 (category T-tail aircraft)
aircraft is that the protrusion of the ventilation system is visible on the tail (near the no. 2 engine). The Tu-155 used Kuznetsov NK-88 engines. The Tu-156...
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Conventional landing gear (redirect from Tail Dragger)
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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Grumman XF10F Jaguar (category T-tail aircraft)
1948, the design was reconfigured with a T-tail and ultimately a variable-geometry wing. It featured a T-tail, with the horizontal stabilator, a small...
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