Examples of 'fin and rudder' in a sentence

Meaning of "fin and rudder"

fin and rudder - The fin and rudder are parts of a boat's steering system. The fin is a vertical blade located underwater that helps stabilize the boat, while the rudder is a flat piece that is used to steer the boat left or right

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fin and rudder
Fin and rudder with horn attached.
Other changes included a new fin and rudder.
The vertical fin and rudder would have broken off on impact.
It had dihedral on the wings and a taller fin and rudder.
Both fin and rudder were ply skinned and their control surfaces fabric covered.
The fuselage was further refined and the fin and rudder increased in area.
The fin and rudder are swept, the latter horn balanced.
Early versions had a low triangular-shaped fin and rudder.
The fin and rudder are tall, tapered and straight edged.
The fuselage was flat sided, the fin and rudder straight edged.
The fin and rudder were straight edged, meeting in a rounded top.
The empennage was conventional, with a straight edged, blunt topped fin and rudder.
The fin and rudder are swept, with a shallow dorsal fin.
Its empennage is cruciform, with the horizontal tail part-way up a triangular fin and rudder.
Together, the tall fin and rudder had a blunted triangular profile.

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Impact damaye - vertical fin and rudder.
The fin and rudder were tall, the rudder reaching down to the keel.
A later version, designated the II-f, introduced a swept fin and rudder.
The fin and rudder were also straight tapered but swept, with a long, low dorsal strake.
The tail surfaces are also straight-tapered; fin and rudder are swept.
It had a single fin and rudder and was powered by two Potez 9Ab radial engines.
The 757 is a low-wing cantilever monoplane with a conventional tail unit featuring a single fin and rudder.
The fin and rudder were also ply-covered, bearing fabric-covered control surfaces.
This latter restriction accounted for the B6N 's distinctive swept-forward tail fin and rudder.
Fin and rudder are straight-edged, but swept.
Type 92 Model 1 Fighter Initial production variant with changed fin and rudder and faired headrest, 180 built.

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