The Flight Characteristics of a Commuter Aircraft Employing Outboard Horizontal Stabilizers

965610

10/01/1996

Event
World Aviation Congress & Exposition
Authors Abstract
Content
A description is given of the outboard horizontal stabilizer (OHS) system in which the horizontal tail surfaces are mounted outboard of the mainplane tips, in the wing upwash, at the extremities of booms projecting downwind from the mainplane tips. The theory of operation of the OHS concept is reviewed together with the current development status. Configurational geometries of OHS and comparable conventional aircraft are defined and first order, comparative, performance analyses are presented for cruise, take-off and landing modes of operation. It is shown that the pitch-mode control of OHS aircraft does not present any problems relative to the control, in pitch, of comparable conventional aircraft. It was also shown that the OHS concept makes possible a reduction of the drag of the wing and tail surfaces of about 20% together with a reduction in planform area of, typically, 13%.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/965610
Pages
11
Citation
Kentfield, J., "The Flight Characteristics of a Commuter Aircraft Employing Outboard Horizontal Stabilizers," SAE Technical Paper 965610, 1996, https://doi.org/10.4271/965610.
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Publisher
Published
Oct 1, 1996
Product Code
965610
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English