stabilizing tail

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• stabilizing tail — tail affixed to a craft such as an airplane or ship to maintain its stability …   English contemporary dictionary

• tail — tail1 [tāl] n. [ME < OE tægel, akin to OHG zagel < IE base * dek̑ , to tear, tear off > Sans saśā, fringe] 1. a) the rear end of an animal s body, esp. when forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk b) such an appendage 2.… …   English World dictionary

• tail — I. noun Usage: often attributive Etymology: Middle English, from Old English tægel; akin to Old High German zagal tail, Middle Irish dúal lock of hair Date: before 12th century 1. the rear end or a process or prolongation of the rear end of the… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• tail surface — A stabilizing or control surface of and in the tail of an aircraft …   Aviation dictionary

• tail surface — noun : a stabilizing surface or a control surface in the tail of an airplane …   Useful english dictionary

• airplane — /air playn /, n. 1. a heavier than air aircraft kept aloft by the upward thrust exerted by the passing air on its fixed wings and driven by propellers, jet propulsion, etc. 2. any similar heavier than air aircraft, as a glider or helicopter. Also …   Universalium

• glider — /gluy deuhr/, n. 1. a motorless, heavier than air aircraft for gliding from a higher to a lower level by the action of gravity or from a lower to a higher level by the action of air currents. 2. a porch swing made of an upholstered seat suspended …   Universalium

• Strela 2 — Infobox Weapon name=9K32 Strela 2 NATO reporting name: SA 7 Grail caption= KBM Kolomna 9K32 Strela 2 missile and canister origin=USSR type=Man portable surface to air missile launcher is ranged=yes is explosive= is missile=yes is UK= service=1968 …   Wikipedia

• Pilcher Hawk — ▪ monoplane glider  monoplane glider designed, built, and first flown by the English aviator Percy Sinclair Pilcher (Pilcher, Percy Sinclair) in 1896.       Pilcher completed work on four gliders between 1895 and 1899: Bat (1895), Beetle (1895),… …   Universalium

• kite — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English cȳta; akin to Middle High German kūze owl Date: before 12th century 1. any of various usually small hawks (family Accipitridae) with long narrow wings and often a notched or forked tail 2. a… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• FIM-43 Redeye — Infobox Weapon name= Redeye caption= US soldier aiming Redeye origin= flagicon|United States United States type=Manportable surface to air missile is ranged= is explosive=yes is missile=yes is UK= service= 1968 1995 used by= Afghan Mujahideen,… …   Wikipedia