Tail Unit: The complete assembly of tail surfaces, comprising fin, rudder, tailplane and elevators.
Tailwheel: The small wheel which takes the weight of an aeroplane fuselage on the ground at the tail.
Horizontal tail unit, of usual type, consists of the stabilizer and the elevator with the trim tab. Single spar structure HTU of rectangular contour is composed of duralumin ribs, spar and skin. HTU span is 2.
It had a fixed main wing, a fuselage, a cruciform tail unit with surfaces for vertical and horizontal control, a cockpit for the pilot, and a rudimentary means of propulsion that consisted of revolving vanes, a precursor to the propeller.
In February 1918, Gothaer tested a compound tail unit with biplane horizontal stabilizers and twin rudders. The new tail unit, known as the Kastensteuerung, allowed the G.V to fly in a straight line with a single engine at full power.
FIN - A fixed vertical aerofoil surface, usually a dorsal component of the tail unit, to provide stability in yaw.
FIRING - An addition to an aircraft's basic structure which is intended primarily to reduce drag.
The new aircraft incorporated the wings and tail unit of the Curtiss H.4, along with the improved Porte hull and with 100 hp Anzanis engines, was now designated the F.1.
Rudder: Control surface on vertical tail unit of aircraft to control its Yaw.
Rufe: Allied code for Nakajima (built) A6M2-N, IJNAF Floatplane Fighter
R/V: Aerial Rendezvous
RW or RWG: Right (starboard-side) Waist Gunner
RW: Reconnaissance Wing ...
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