horizontal stabilizer

Noun

Meaning

the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged

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The Boeing 787 will also incorporate some electrically operated flight controls (spoilers and horizontal stabilizer), which will remain operational with either a total hydraulics failure and/or flight control computer failure. Source: Internet

Combined with a new-design, biplane horizontal stabilizer on the tailboom, the tailrotor also reduces drag. Source: Internet

During today’s celebration, government officials, employees and community members were able to view the first 787-9 horizontal stabilizer completed by Boeing Salt Lake. Source: Internet

In response, the areas of the horizontal stabilizer were increased 25% on the Block 15 aircraft in 1981 and later retrofitted to earlier aircraft. Source: Internet

The horizontal stabilizer is used to stabilise the plane's pitch (tilt up or down) and mounts the elevators which provide pitch control. Source: Internet

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