Tailless aircraft
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tailless-aircraft-181-6257605
title:
Tailless aircraft
text:
In aeronautics, a tailless aircraft is an aircraft with no other horizontal aerodynamic surface besides its main wing. It may still have a fuselage, vertical tail fin, and/or vertical rudder. Theoretical advantages of the tailless configuration include low parasitic drag as on the Horten H.IV soaring glider and good stealth characteristics as on the Northrop B-2 Spirit bomber. Disadvantages include a potential sensitivity to trim. Tailless aircraft have been flown since the pioneer days; the fir
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Aircraft whose only horizontal aerodynamic surface is its main wing
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tailless_aircraft
date created:
2007-09-23T18:46:15Z
date modified:
2024-09-05T18:04:36Z
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