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What are the Key Parts of a Plane?

WayMan

They also become familiar with systems like the Flight Management System (FMS) and transponder , which helps air traffic control identify and track aircraft. Empennage: The Tail Assembly Located at the back of the aircraft, the empennage (or tail assembly ) includes the vertical stabilizer , horizontal stabilizer , rudder , and elevator.

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We Fly: CubCrafters NXCub

Flying Magazine

inch display, GTR 20 comm, GTX 345R transponder, G5 attitude indicator, GDL 84 ADS-B package, Garmin dual-axis autopilot, and stereo intercom. There are gap seals between the elevator and horizontal stabilizer, and the rudder and vertical stabilizer. The preflight contains no surprises. Handling is delightful.

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Plane and Pilot

The previous CTs had a stabilator for pitch, where the new F2 uses a more conventional elevator and fixed horizontal stabilizer. With the F2, the rudder and vertical stabilizer are changed, with the rudder becoming a much smaller surface than before. Well see about that. In this case, nothing.