- A
stabilator is a
fully movable aircraft horizontal stabilizer. It
serves the
usual functions of
longitudinal stability,
control and
stick force requirements...
- SE68-14,
consisted of
modifying the
stabilator to
install slots just
behind the
leading edge (to
delay the
onset of
stabilator stall) and
installing full counterbalance...
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fuselage stretched in 1973,
giving much more leg room in the rear. The
stabilator area was increased, as well. In 1973, the
marketing name was
changed from...
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stabilizer and
movable elevator (e.g.
Boeing 737); or a
single combined stabilator (e.g.
General Dynamics F-111 Aardvark) Some
locations have been given...
- the main wing, but
instead is a
separate tail surface, is a
stabilator (but
stabilators are also used for
pitch control only, with no roll function,...
- and to
control pitch the
entire unit
moves as one. This is
known as a
stabilator or full-flying stabiliser. The
vertical tail
structure has a
fixed front...
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surfaces are hinged, or it can
itself be a
fully movable surface such as a
stabilator.
Depending on the context, "stabilizer" may
sometimes describe only the...
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integrated into a rear "all-moving tailplane", also
called a slab
elevator or
stabilator. The
elevator is a
usable up and down
system that
controls the plane,...
-
retractable tricycle landing gear. Its
stabilator is
attached to the fuselage,
mostly aft of the
vertical fin (the
stabilator is a
single unit with a
cutout in...
-
addition of
stabilator vanes,
known as 'Side
Mounted Upper Rear
Fuselage Strakes' (SMURFS - USN), to
stabilize flow over the
stabilator with
speed brakes...
