tailplane
noun
tail·plane
ˈtāl-ˌplān 
: the horizontal tail surfaces of an airplane including the stabilizer and the elevator
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So are the tailplane, flaps, hydraulic systems, fuel pumps and three of six engines of the plane, which was destroyed in fighting in the first days of the war.
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Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
Followers have replied to the videos with a slew of suggestions to improve the drone, many of them focused on safety, such as warning the soldier launching it to watch out he does not get hit by the tailplane and maybe think about a catapult launcher instead.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
The last convoy to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) took place in February 2020, with hundreds turning out in the French village of Levignac to see the wings, fuselage sections and horizontal tailplane transported by truck -- just a month before the pandemic made mass gatherings impossible.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
Fuselage sections came from Hamburg, Germany, and Saint-Nazaire, France; the horizontal tailplane was manufactured in Cadiz, Spain; and the vertical tail fin was also made in Hamburg.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
Their position not only protects them from being damaged by foreign objects flying up from unprepared runways, but also directs their exhaust over the tailplane, helping to shield them from detection by infrared surface-to-air missiles.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2016
The back wall is padded, presumably to stop any unstowed objects from crashing out of the tailplane.
—Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica, 3 July 2017
Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2023
Followers have replied to the videos with a slew of suggestions to improve the drone, many of them focused on safety, such as warning the soldier launching it to watch out he does not get hit by the tailplane and maybe think about a catapult launcher instead.
—David Hambling, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2023
The last convoy to the Final Assembly Line (FAL) took place in February 2020, with hundreds turning out in the French village of Levignac to see the wings, fuselage sections and horizontal tailplane transported by truck -- just a month before the pandemic made mass gatherings impossible.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
Fuselage sections came from Hamburg, Germany, and Saint-Nazaire, France; the horizontal tailplane was manufactured in Cadiz, Spain; and the vertical tail fin was also made in Hamburg.
—Maureen O'Hare, CNN, 15 Dec. 2021
Their position not only protects them from being damaged by foreign objects flying up from unprepared runways, but also directs their exhaust over the tailplane, helping to shield them from detection by infrared surface-to-air missiles.
—Eric Tegler, Popular Mechanics, 19 Nov. 2016
The back wall is padded, presumably to stop any unstowed objects from crashing out of the tailplane.
—Sebastian Anthony, Ars Technica, 3 July 2017
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“Tailplane.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tailplane. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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