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    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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    stealthy subscale prototype jet designed to fly without the traditional empennage found on most aircraft. This configuration was designed to reduce weight...
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    swept back at an angle of 1.5 degrees. The L was fitted with a biplane empennage with two horizontal stabilizers and two balanced rudders. Initially the...
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    numerous features, the most distinct visual difference being its redesigned empennage, being both more rounded and lower than that of the C.I. As a result,...
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    causing the rear fuselage to twist along its length between its cabin and empennage. The aircraft then plummeted 250 feet down just beyond the group of spectators...
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    Data Sheet, the "Model 10 is similar to Model A2-A except for new design empennage, ailerons and fuel tank vent." The most obvious difference is that the...
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    stability. To achieve stability and control, most fixed-wing types have an empennage comprising a fin and rudder which act horizontally and a tailplane and...
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    aerodynamics, structure, and propulsion, all together. An aircraft's weight is derived from various factors such as empty weight, payload, useful load, etc. The...
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    sometimes on the aft portion of the fuselage or forward portion of the empennage. Modexes are also painted less conspicuously on other aircraft areas (i...
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    provides directional yaw control, with the presence of a fixed-surface empennage near the end of the tail, incorporating vertical stabilizers. Development...
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    R66 in August 2020. In the 2020s the company released a redesigned tail empennage and it was approved by the FAA. The R66 is a single-engined helicopter...
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    are 80% larger, the nose cowl is recontoured, and the aft fuselage and empennage are both new designs. The basic inspection intervals are 850 hours or...
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    50 owes much to the F27; basic construction of the fuselage, wings and empennage, which made extensive use of composite materials, hot-bonded structures...
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    time they were removed from below the aircraft without disturbing the empennage controls. Each engine drove an hydraulic pump for independent aircraft...
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    main difficulty with this type of pusher design was attaching the tail (empennage). This needed to be in the same general location as on a tractor aircraft...
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    canyon and searched near the location of the smoke. The Constellation's empennage was found, and the brothers reported their findings to authorities. The...
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    France played a pioneering role in the fields of aviation (nacelle, empennage, fuselage, fenestron, aileron, altimeter, canard, decalage, monocoque...
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    December 2008. The airframe is made out of 53% composites: CFRP for the empennage (vertical and horizontal tailplanes), the wing (centre and outer box;...
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    to achieve trim, stability, and control, most fixed-wing types have an empennage comprising a fin and rudder which act horizontally, and a tailplane and...
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    auxiliary fins on the horizontal stabiliser, and two ventral fins beneath the empennage. The BelugaXL operates at Mach 0.69 up to 35,000 ft (11,000 m) over 2...
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    the CL-215T retrofit were the aerodynamic additions to the wings and empennage. Having conducted the relatively successful CL-215T programme, the company...
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    by the designer in the plans. The fuselage is a monocoque design. The empennage consists of a single vertical tail with a hinged rudder. The horizontal...
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    Brunswick green and white over bare metal and carried the British flag on the empennage. After the handover, aircraft carry the Brand Hong Kong logo and with...
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    and a central fuselage. The fuselage typically also carries a tail or empennage for stability and control, and an undercarriage for takeoff and landing...
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    tube fuselage covered in fabric with a carbon/glass hybrid composite empennage (i.e., the tail assembly, including the horizontal and vertical stabilizers...
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    of the aircraft's components, including the wings, nose section, and empennage, were produced in-house at Boeing facilities with the remainder subcontracted...
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    Model 14-19-3C version built in the late 1960s by Inter-Air with revised empennage and 260 hp (194 kW) Continental IO-470-F engine 17-30 Viking 300 Four-seat...
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    another aircraft. The Morane-Saulnier N (1914), a World War I French scout derived from the previous G and H The Caudron G.4 (1915), a French biplane with...
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    MD-80 demonstrator, an aircraft that was restored after suffering an empennage separation in 1980 during the landing of a certification test flight for...
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    to cope with the increased MTOW along with the enlarged wing and rear empennage. Upper deck main cabin space can be optionally increased by locating facilities...
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