Aircraft tailplane terms...?
stabilizer can of surfaces meant stabilizing aircraft. can horizontal (housing elevators) or vertical (with rudder fins). definition elevator produces pitching moment , rudder produces yaw.
dorsal , ventral refers physical positioning of control surface on airframe. literal meanings valid in context.
ruddervator unique v-tail configuration rear deflection surfaces function both rudder , elevator.
fin used when refering vertical control surface.
hope i've been of help.
stabilizers, dorsal/ventral, rudder, rudervators, fins...
...what's mean? differences of them all?
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