Why was the tail of an airplane disigned after the feathers of an arrow?
2006-11-25 03:14:06 · 7 answers · asked by Fugitive Peices 5 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
The tail is equipped with a vertical stabilizer and and a horizontal stab. The vertical stab keep s the aircraft flying straight, and not allowing the aircraft to drift in YAW (if you put a pencil through the aircraft from the bottom to the top... the movement when you rotate the pencil is the yaw) The horizontal is there to stabilize the pitch movement. An arrow will generally have 3 or 4 sets of flights to assist in the same manner. Some aircraft may have an added delta wing on the tail to further assist tail slip.
2006-11-25 04:59:25 · answer #1 · answered by Dport 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
In order to maintain directional stability, there must be more surface area behind the center of gravity than in front of it. Another term for this is tail volume.
This makes the aircraft (and the arrow) want to maintain a constant angle with the airflow.
2006-11-25 13:33:08 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A delta wing with 3 different innovative sweeps. imagine of it as a double delta plus one. each and every component to the innovative is almost immediately. in the experience that they are curved this is going to develop into an ogee wing as used on the Concorde.
2016-11-26 21:28:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cuz them their native american indians were some smart folks
2006-11-26 01:11:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
aerodynamics
2006-11-25 03:21:08 · answer #5 · answered by bill blasphemy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ah...uhmm........ i don't have any idea... sorry
2006-11-25 03:24:52 · answer #6 · answered by ~nothing^^~ 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
............. it is an aerodynamic design ......................
2006-11-25 04:21:39 · answer #7 · answered by spaceman 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋