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| Posted: Wed Oct 08, 2008 4:38 am Post subject: ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.08.08): Stabilator |
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Aero-Terms! A single piece horizontal tail surface on an airplane which serves the purpose of both the horizontal stabilizer and elevators. A stabilator must have some method of decreasing its sensitivity, and this is done with an antiservo tab on its trailing edge. The antiservo tab automatically moves in the same direction as the stabilator, and the aerodynamic force it produces opposes the movement of the stabilator.
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