VERTICALSTABILIZER

Vertical stabilizer

The vertical stabilizers, vertical stabilisers, or fins, of aircraft, missiles or bombs are typically found on the aft end of the fuselage or body, and are intended to reduce aerodynamic side slip and provide direction stability. It is analogous to a skeg on boats and ships.

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vertical stabilizer

Noun

  1. The fin on the tail of an aircraft; it includes the rudder on its trailing edge


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