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Significados de horizontal stabiliser em inglês

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

        Sinônimos
        Examples for "tailplane"
        Examples for "tailplane"
        1
        The aircraft just lay there with its huge tailplane upraised.
        Provenance
        2
        Nose, wings, and tailplane crumpled and tore, barbed fragments spinning off into the night.
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        3
        Lia, meanwhile, had been looking at a piece of the tailplane that had been left behind.
        Deep black
        1
        Day five is for the horizontal stabilizer install and the start of functional tests.
        Wired
        2
        Finally Anakin's rod broke completely, snapping off both the armature and the main horizontal stabilizer.
        Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
        3
        The bullets destroyed the horizontal stabilizer, damaged the tail rotor, and punched holes in the tail pylon, disabling the aircraft.
        Dark rivers of the heart
        4
        The FAA directive ordered operators to revise the airplane flight manual to give flight crews horizontal stabilizer trim procedures to follow under certain conditions.
        Reuters
        5
        The company said it would also produce the wings and vertical and horizontal stabilizers for both aircraft.
        Reuters