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V-tail

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 tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional vertical and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration. It is not widely used in aircraft design. The aft edge of each twin…

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V-tail

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related to Advantages · 12
V-tail → Cirrus Vision SF50, Eclipse, Hawk, However, Ideally, In, Light, NACA, Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global, Sonex SubSonex, T-tail, V-tails
related to Conventional · 12
V-tail → Beechcraft Bonanza Model, Fouga CM, Lehtovaara PIK-16 Vasama, Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, Magister, Other, Some, The, The Cirrus Vision SF50, V-tail Bonanza, V-tailed, Vasamas
related to Disadvantages · 12
V-tail → Airworthiness Directive, Beechcraft, Bonanza, Federal Aviation Administration, Fouga CM, In, Magister, The, This, V-tailed, V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza, While
related to Inverted · 10
V-tail → General Atomics Gnat, General Atomics MQ-1 Predator, In, LSI Amber, Miniaturjäger, The Blohm, The Ultraflight Lazair, UAVs, Unmanned, Voss
related to Ruddervators · 10
V-tail → Coandă-1910's X-tail, Coandă-1911, Hanriot HD, In, Jerzy Rudlicki, Later Polish, Ruddervators, The, They, X-tail
related to history · 6
V-tail → Hanriot HD, Jerzy Rudlicki, Laśkiewicz, Plage, Polish, The V-tail
related to External links · 5
V-tail → Beech Bonanza, Eckalbar, Flying, John, Simple Aerodynamics Of The

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aircraft tail control surfaces ruddervators conventional yaw vertical ruddervator called first bonanza produced citation needed horizontal two configuration pitch inverted

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the LSI Amberinstance ofUnmanned aerial vehicles0.80text
General Atomics Gnatinstance ofUnmanned aerial vehicles0.80text
General Atomics MQ-1 Predator would later feature this type of tailinstance ofUnmanned aerial vehicles0.80text
the Cirrus Vision SF50instance ofproduce a net reduction in drag through elimination of some interference drag.Light jet aircraft0.80text
the Eclipse 400instance ofproduce a net reduction in drag through elimination of some interference drag.Light jet aircraft0.80text
the Sonex SubSonex or larger jet aircraftinstance ofproduce a net reduction in drag through elimination of some interference drag.Light jet aircraft0.80text
such as the Northrop Grumman RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial drone often have the power plant placed outside the aircraftinstance ofproduce a net reduction in drag through elimination of some interference drag.Light jet aircraft0.80text
V-tailrelated to AdvantagesIdeally0.60section
V-tailrelated to AdvantagesT-tail0.60section
V-tailrelated to AdvantagesHowever0.60section
V-tailrelated to AdvantagesNACA0.60section
V-tailrelated to AdvantagesLight0.60section

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