vertical stabilizer

English

Alternative forms

vertical stabiliser

Noun

vertical stabilizer (plural vertical stabilizers)

(aviation) The fin on the tail of an aircraft; it includes the rudder on its trailing edge

Translations

aviation: the fin on the tail of an aircraft

Czech: svislá ocasní plocha f
Finnish: sivuvakain, sivuvakaaja

German: Seitenleitwerk n

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