V-tail
Sign in to savethumb|1950 V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza#Model 35 Bonanza|B35 still operated by the [[National Test Pilot School at the Mojave Air and Space Port]] thumb|Rear view of the Cirrus Vision SF50's V-tail and engine outlet thumb|The V-tail of a Belgian Air Force Fouga CM.170 Magister thumb|An Ultraflight Lazair showing its inverted V-tail covered with translucent Tedlar The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or '''Rudlicki's V-tail') of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional vertical and horizontal surfaces with two su
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10 sectionsContents
- History
- Variants
- Conventional
- Inverted
- Advantages
- Disadvantages
- Ruddervators
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|1950 V-tailed Beechcraft Bonanza#Model 35 Bonanza|B35 still operated by the [[National Test Pilot School at the Mojave Air and Space Port]] thumb|Rear view of the Cirrus Vision SF50's V-tail and engine outlet thumb|The V-tail of a Belgian Air Force Fouga CM.170 Magister thumb|An Ultraflight Lazair showing its inverted V-tail covered with translucent Tedlar The V-tail or vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or '''Rudlicki's V-tail') of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional vertical and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration. It is not widely used in aircraft design. The aft edge of each twin surface is a hinged control surface called a ruddervator, which combines the functions of both a rudder and elevator.
==History== The V-tail was invented in 1930 by Polish engineer Jerzy Rudlicki and was tested for the first time on a Hanriot HD.28 trainer, modified by Polish aerospace manufacturer Plage and Laśkiewicz in the summer of 1931.