Aileron Horizontal Stabilizer Payload 
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.
Plane and Pilot
OCTOBER 3, 2024
The wing’s dead-smooth surface plus the tight-fitting aileron and flap brackets plus aileron gap seals give the build a professional factory look (left). Just recognizable in the background is a horizontal stabilizer and one-piece elevator. The old Grummans are, sadly, near extinction in workable form today.
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