WayMan

MAY 25, 2025

From an engineering standpoint, its designed to be both strong and aerodynamicbalancing durability and performance in flight. Wings: The Source of Lift The wings are what make fixed-wing flight possible. As air moves over the curved top surface of the wing and the flatter bottom, lift is generated, allowing the plane to rise.

Lift

AOPA

JULY 21, 2025

Get extra lift from AOPA. Inside the flight deck, the manual flap handle has been moved to the floor. The horizontal tail has morphed into a traditional fixed horizontal stabilizer and elevator with an electrically actuated trim tab. The stabilator from the prototype is gone.

Tail

Pilot's Life Blog

MARCH 15, 2024

The cockpit, also called the flight deck, is where pilots use electronic flight instruments as part of a primary flight display. They will also communicate with air traffic control about any flight safety alerts should an issue arise with the electronic flight instrument displays.

Horizontal Stabilizer

Aerotime

AUGUST 9, 2024

The aircraft configuration sees a monocoque fuselage with a raised flight deck above the nose-to-tail cargo compartment below. The tail is attached to the rear of the empennage and is of a twin-tail design, with a vertical stabilizer attached at each end of the single horizontal stabilizer. All hail the whale!

Airplanes