Camber Horizontal Stabilizer Stability 
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. A tailless airplane is one where everything needed to fly, like lift, control, and stability, is built into the main wing.
Pilot Institute
JULY 11, 2025
When you reach around 36,000 feet (11,000 m) near the tropopause, the temperature stabilizes at around -56.5 °C. For most aircraft with highly cambered wings or thick profiles, airflow accelerates over the top of the wing. As you go higher, the air usually gets colder. Here, Mach 1 is roughly 573 knots (about 659 mph).
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