Examples of 'tailplane' in a sentence

Meaning of "tailplane"

Tailplane, also known as a horizontal stabilizer, is the horizontal surface at the tail of an aircraft that provides stability and control during flight
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  • A horizontal airfoil, at the rear of an aircraft, to which the elevator is attached; usually associated with the tailfin

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The wings and tailplane were also damaged.
Tailplane incidence was adjustable from the cockpit.
The size of the tailplane was also increased.
Install the wings and the tailplane.
The tailplane was braced below to the fuselage.
There was a castoring tailwheel under the tailplane.
The tailplane was also significantly reduced in size.
Preparing the wing and tailplane retainer plates.
The tailplane carries a single piece elevator.
The starboard tailplane had failed.
The tailplane was set low on the fin.
The fin must stand perpendicular to the tailplane.
Fin and tailplane were externally braced together.
The empennage was mounted on twin booms linked by a tailplane.
The tailplane can now be glued to the fuselage.

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It is important to check that the tailplane is.
The tailplane has constant chord.
It has a tricycle landing gear and a low tailplane.
Tailplane and elevators were mounted on top of the fuselage.
Both halves of the tailplane were visibly bent downwards.
Tailplane and elevators had roughly equal areas.
The starboard part of the tailplane had been lost.
The tailplane angle of incidence could be trimmed in flight.
Fitted with revised tailplane and six cannon armament.
The tailplane was also changed from dihedral to anhedral.
But with care a lifting tailplane can be made stable.
The tailplane could be adjusted in flight.
The horizontal tailplane was swept.
Changes included a dihedral tailplane.
Slide the tailplane and fin into their slots.
The next stage is to glue the tailplane to the fuselage.
Later the tailplane was restored to its former position.
The next step is to glue the tailplane to the fuselage.
The right tailplane was missing from the main wreckage.
Inboard portion of starboard tailplane.
The rudder and tailplane are made from carbon fibre.
Look through the hole in the fuselage below the tailplane.
The function of the tailplane is to provide stability and control.
Wings were also redesigned and the horizontal tailplane was given dihedral.
The tailplane is set high on the rear fuselage and is braced.
At this time the right tailplane and the fin failed.
The tailplane carried almost rectangular endplate fins and rudders.
Later its stagger was also reduced and a rectangular tailplane fitted.
The tailplane was much narrower than the one piece elevator.
The fuselage was flat sided and the tailplane was mounted on top of it.
Slide the tailplane and fin into the slots in the fuselage.
Mark the outside contour of the fuselage on the tailplane and fin.
Both the wings and tailplane are removable for transportation or storage.
Its tailbooms converged in elevation to meet at the rear spar of the tailplane.
The illustration shows the tailplane and fin fitted in their slots.

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