Examples of 'tailwheel' in a sentence
Meaning of "tailwheel"
Tailwheel is a landing gear wheel located at the tail or rear of an aircraft
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- A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.
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There was a small tailwheel below the fin.
Its tailwheel also had a shock absorber.
There was a castoring tailwheel under the tailplane.
Rudder pedals are linked to the steerable tailwheel.
There is a small tailwheel below the rudder.
It had two fixed mainwheels and a tailwheel.
It had a fixed tailwheel landing gear.
Its tailwheel undercarriage was not retractable.
The undercarriage was a fixed tailwheel type to save complexity.
The tailwheel was mounted at the rear of the fuselage.
In this landplane configuration a small steerable tailwheel was added.
The large tailwheel was steerable and fully faired.
It had a retractable undercarriage and tailwheel.
The fixed tailwheel was also spatted.
The tail unit has a rubber skid or a tailwheel.
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The single tailwheel was not retractable.
The undercarriage is of fixed tailwheel type.
Fix the tailwheel unit to the underside of the fuselage.
Conventional retractable landing gear with fixed tailwheel.
Provision for fitting a retractable tailwheel undercarriage was also provided.
It had a fixed undercarriage and a tailwheel.
Later versions had a tailwheel that replaced the tailskid.
The undercarriage was fixed and of the tailwheel type.
The tailwheel undercarriage is fixed.
A small sprung tailwheel was fitted.
The tailwheel also retracted hydraulically into the fuselage.
A single relatively large tailwheel retracted up behind the cockpit.
The tailwheel undercarriage layout was also dated and a disadvantage.
A steerable tailwheel was used.
The tailwheel undercarriage was retractable.
It had a fixed tailwheel undercarriage.
The worst mechanical failure they suffered was a cracked tailwheel.
A retractable tailwheel undercarriage was fitted.
The mainwheels had brakes and the tailwheel castered.
The tailwheel undercarriage was fixed.
It has a retractable conventional landing gear with a fixed tailwheel.
The tailwheel was likewise faired.
Use a fi le or coarse sandpaper to roughen the tailwheel wire prior to installation.
The tailwheel was now fixed.
There is a small tailwheel.
There was a central tailwheel on a long leg under the fin.
There was a small tailwheel.
The fixed tailwheel undercarriage was fitted with streamlined spats.
The mainwheels had brakes and the tailwheel was steerable.
The earlier tailwheel undercarriage was replaced by a fixed tricycle layout.
The mainwheels have hydraulic brakes and the tailwheel castors.
The main units of the tailwheel undercarriage were retractable.
Tailwheel aircraft are also more suitable for fitting with skis in wintertime.
The main wheels had brakes and the tailwheel was steerable.
The tailwheel is freely castoring.
