Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 19, 2025
As of now, the horizontal stabilizer is completely rebuilt, and most components of the right wing are structurally finished. The team is reproducing the Stuka’s complex flap-aileron mixing unit—a mechanism that causes the ailerons to droop when the flaps are deployed, enhancing low-speed handling during dive-bombing runs.
Flying Magazine
MAY 2, 2025
The horizontal stabilizer structure adjacent to the elevator position where the counterweight plug would have been installed displayed dents and paint scrapes consistent with contact with the counterweight plug. The right wing remained attached to the fuselage. The top two engine mounts were separated from the engine case.
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Pilot Institute
JUNE 4, 2025
A tailless aircraft is a fixed-wing airplane without a horizontal stabilizing surface. With this type of aircraft, the functions of longitudinal stability and control are incorporated into the main wing. Directional (yawing) stability from the vertical stabilizer. Elevons work as both elevators and ailerons.
Vintage Aviation News
APRIL 18, 2025
Photo by NASA The impetus for the program came from issues the Navy had encountered with inadvertent spin entries, which were traced back to the aircrafts aileron rudder interconnect system. In response, the NASA/Navy/Grumman team developed and tested four different configurations of the system to mitigate the problem.
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
The tailplane (horizontal stabilizer) at high Mach can also develop shocks or experience disturbed airflow from the wings. Ailerons can suffer from a phenomenon called “aileron buzz” or control reversal at high Mach. The pilot will attempt to counter this by pulling back on the elevator.
WayMan
MAY 25, 2025
Wings also include movable surfaces like ailerons (used to roll the plane left or right) and flaps (used to increase lift at lower speeds, especially during takeoff and landing). These parts help the aircraft maintain its stability in flight. Wings: The Source of Lift The wings are what make fixed-wing flight possible.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 23, 2024
PARE: Power idle, Ailerons neutral, Rudder opposite, Elevator forward. Ailerons: Neutral. The problem is that the airflow from the propeller goes over the horizontal stabilizer, which produces a downward force (and causes the nose to pitch up). The movement of the ailerons will change the angle of attack of both wings.
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