Pilot Institute

JUNE 4, 2025

A tailless aircraft may still have a fuselage and a vertical tail (fin and rudder). Use of Reflex Airfoils Ever notice how many tailless aircraft have wings that curve at the trailing edge? This type of design is a reflex airfoil. The rudder allows you to make controlled yaw movements. How does it manage yaw control?

Tail 52

Tail Airplanes Weight-Shift-Control Drag 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Developments in aircraft design and engine technology have allowed us to fly farther, faster, and carry more payload. They are designed with a special shape called an airfoil, which encourages passing air to turn and deflect downward. Rudder The rudder is the panel on the vertical part of the aircrafts tail.

Lift 52

Lift Torque Thrust Aileron 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 3, 2024

The airfoil is a Harry Riblett shape, giving modernized flow separation on the leading edge for a soft stall yet with good lift and drag performance. An elegantly simple rope system inside the fuselage raises and lowers the Gweduck’s water rudder mounted inside the base of the main rudder (right). lb/sq ft Power loading 10.32

Airplanes 79

Airplanes Rudder Knot Aileron 79