horizontal stabilizer meaning

• Noun: horizontal stabilizer  `hóri'zóntl 'steybu`lIzu(r)
  1. The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
     - horizontal stabiliser [Brit], tailplane

  Derived forms: horizontal stabilizers

  Type of: aerofoil [Brit], airfoil [N. Amer], control surface, surface

  Part of: horizontal tail

  Encyclopedia: Horizontal stabilizer

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• One does this by redistributing the aerodynamic load along the wingspan or by incorporating the vortices coming off the horizontal stabilizer
• The horizontal stabilizer is of an all-flying tail design.
• The plane's vertical fin and horizontal stabilizer also are larger.
• There may be something else in the structure of the horizontal stabilizer.
• Tail section has vertical and horizontal stabilizer fins in cross.
• The crash was attributed to ice on the horizontal stabilizer.
• The wings and horizontal stabilizer are traditional balsa / plywood construction
• The vertical fin and horizontal stabilizers were fixed cantilever structures.
• Also, Zefir 3 had substantial horizontal stabilizer flatter issues.

• "horizontal stabilizer" meaning in Chinese: 水平安定面
• "horizontal stabilizer" meaning in Japanese: horizontal stabilizer水平尾翼すいへいびよく
• "horizontal stabilizer" meaning in Russian: аэро стабилизатор горизонтальный