
How are empennage airfoils chosen? - Aviation Stack Exchange
Feb 20, 2018 · Static longitudinal stability criteria determine the area of the empennage - upon a disturbance in Angle of Attack, the total aircraft must generate a moment that counteracts the …
What is meant by empennage height? - Aviation Stack Exchange
Aug 1, 2015 · The empennage height is the distance from the ground to the top of the tailfin. It determines the minimum clearance the aircraft needs to taxi under an obstruction. Share
aircraft design - Is the ATR empennage configuration considered a …
How is the ATR 42/72 empennage considered? Is it a T-Tail or a cruciform tail? From the image the elevators are placed quite high on the tail that they can be considered as a T-Tail but is it so?
Why don’t gliders use swallow tails? - Aviation Stack Exchange
Oct 2, 2023 · The V-tail was a trend in glider design between the late Fifties and the early Sixties. High-performance gliders like the HKS-1, the Arlington Sisu 1A $^*$, the SB-5, the Standard …
How are the dimensions of the empennage determined for jetliners?
Dec 25, 2017 · How is the height of the vertical and span of the horizontal stabilizers determined for different turbofan aircraft like the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747-8? What are the …
Does empennage height above the main wing matter [closed]
Jun 28, 2019 · The critical aspect for Vertical stab height is its rolling torque and how it affects the balance of total side slip forces on the aircraft, including wing, fuselage, landing gear, engine …
Why is the empennage of some aircraft not placed on the …
Mar 16, 2017 · $\begingroup$ Looking at the picture, I see that the forward portion of the empennage fairing does not line up with what appears to be a joint in the skin structure. …
aerodynamics - What is the purpose of the tiny doors used by the …
The recent Oct 2021 YouTube video (The Insane Engineering of the 787 by Real Engineering) in the related question remarks: [...] tiny doors whose purpose are a mystery to me with little to no
Are empennage airfoils always symmetric in conventional airliners ...
Jul 20, 2021 · I'm specifically interested in these models: A319, B737-700, A220, E195-E2. You could call these conventional airliners, so I suppose the question is if these …
stability - Are there any aircraft where wing, horizontal …
Are there any designs where all horizontal surfaces support the craft in the air? Absolutely. Canards, as per the designs of Burt Rutan, for one.