Sentence examples for vertical stabilizer from inspiring English sources
noun
The fin on the tail of an aircraft; it includes the rudder on its trailing edge
To compensate for the slight loss of directional stability, the vertical stabilizer's area was enlarged through increases in chord (length of the stabilizer's root) and height.
The pilots were able to keep the plane airborne for almost 30 minutes using differential engine power, but without any hydraulics or the stabilizing force of the vertical stabilizer, the plane eventually crashed in mountainous terrain.
A vertical stabilizer with a rudder would be placed behind the compartment.
The storm's winds shredded the material protecting the shuttle and left its vertical stabilizer damaged.
A simple vertical stabilizer tended to keep the model moving in a straight line.
The board also said today that the last visual inspection of the vertical stabilizer before the accident was on Dec. 9, 1999.
It returned the triangle shape on the vertical stabilizers, a throwback to the airline's origins in the Mississippi Delta.
Co-workers said Mr. Williams's racial prejudice, along with his short temper, were well known inside the plant, which makes parts for C-130J Hercules transports and vertical stabilizers for F-22 Raptor jets.
The gunman, identified as Doug Williams, 48, of Meridian, was an assembler at the factory, which builds parts for the C-130J Hercules and vertical stabilizers for F-22 Raptor jets.
The results show that the combination of central closed deck and vertical stabilizers is favorable to the flutter performance of the suspension bridge.
Aerospace materials are also used in primary and secondary structural parts, including rocket motor castings, antenna dishes, engine nacelles, horizontal and vertical stabilizers, center wing boxes, aircraft wings, pressure bulkheads, landing gear doors, engine cowls, floor beams, tall cones, flap track panels, vertical and horizontal stabilizers, and so on.
