Stabilizer (aeronautics) (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Stabilizer (aeronautics)" in English language version.

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  • Roskam, Jan (2002). Airplane Design: Pt. 3. Lawrence: DARcorporation. p. 287. ISBN 1-884885-56-X. Retrieved 30 July 2015.
  • Abzug, Malcolm J.; Larrabee, E. Eugene (23 September 2002). Airplane Stability and Control: A History of the Technologies that Made Aviation Possible. Cambridge University Press. p. 78. ISBN 978-1-107-32019-2. Retrieved 17 October 2022. All-movable tail surfaces became interesting... when high Mach number theory and transonic wind-tunnel tests disclosed poor performance of ordinary flap-type controls.
  • Federal Register. Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Service, General Services Administration. July 1978. p. 32404. Retrieved 18 October 2022.
  • Garrison, P; "Three's Company"; Flying 129 (12), December 2002, pp.85-86: "the stabilizer in the front" ... "This is the function of the stabilizer. if it's in the back it typically pushes downward, and if it's in the front it lifts upward."

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hydroretro.net

  • Gérard Hartmann (12 May 2003), "Les hydros Farman" (PDF), Dossiers historiques et technique aéronautique française, le stabilisateur avant sera supprimé en cours d'année ("the front stabilizer will be removed during the year")

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  • Benson, T (Ed): "Airplane parts and functions", Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, NASA Glenn Research Center, On the Wright brother's first aircraft, the horizontal stabilizer was placed in front of the wings.
  • "Parts of Airplane", The Beginner's Guide to Aeronautics, NASA Glenn Research Center
  • Horizontal stabilizer - elevator, NASA, On some aircraft, the pitch stability and control is provided by a horizontal surface placed forward of the center of gravity

nasa.gov

  • The X-29 ... while its canards — horizontal stabilizers to control pitch — were in front of the wings instead of on the tail" [1]

patents.google.com

  • US Patent US 6064923 A, Aircraft with reduced wing structure loading: "...a front stabilizer, generally known as a canard stabilizer,"

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