Tailplanes and empennages for aircraft are disclosed. An exemplary tailplane disclosed includes a stabilizer having a fixed shape and an elevator movably secured to the stabilizer. The elevator is movable from a neutral position relative to the stabilizer. The stabilizer and the elevator define an airfoil cross-sectional shape having a positive camber when the elevator is in the neutral position. The positive camber of the airfoil cross-sectional shape may facilitate movement of the elevator during some flight conditions. Also disclosed are tailplanes having camber distributions that vary along the spans of the tailplanes.
TAILPLANE WITH POSITIVE CAMBER
HECKFLÜGEL MIT POSITIVER KRÜMMUNG
STABILISATEUR À COURBURE POSITIVE
2019-03-06
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B64C AEROPLANES , Flugzeuge |
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