rudder area

The rounded fin has a large rudder area.

By 1956 some small modifications had been made: rudder area was increased and a shimmy-damper added to the nosewheel leg.

Separating the control surfaces allows for additional rudder area or vertical surface without requiring a massive single tail.

Also, the wing was strengthened, fin and rudder area increased, and greater fuel capacity installed.

Later revisions slightly increased rudder area.

The rudder area?

The only exception was the inadequate directional control during takeoff which necessitated an increased rudder area above the tailplane.

Hinkler reported that the aircraft suffered from severe hunting at full throttle, admitting that he had been wrong about the rudder area.

"I'm photographing the rudder area.

Later changes included increased rudder area, and the upgrading of the powerplant to the Vulture Mark V engine.

The rudder area is almost doubled and the surface is double hinged to control yaw when one engine is shut down.

The rudder area was large compared to that of the fin and a braced tailplane was placed at the top of the fuselage.

Preliminary pre-flight runs had resulted in an increase in rudder area before the Possum's maiden flight on19 June 1923.

Initial flight testing was made by Bert Hinkler, who asked Shorts to enlarge the aircraft's rudder area before he attempted to fly it.

This arrangement placed most of the effective rudder area below the tailplane, thus providing an adequate balance to the keel surface and assuring good recovery from spins.

Initially the tailwheel was designed to be retractable; early on it was discovered that the Hurricane needed a larger rudder area to improve the control characteristics during a spin.

Initial flight tests proved the aircraft required more rudder area to maintain stability and the fixed pitch proller needed to be adjusted to allow takeoffs under a mile in length.

A later version appeared with revised construction; it had wings built around a honeycomb structure, an extended, aluminium alloy tube rear fuselage and increases in rudder area and seating space.

Later, these were replaced with Kestrel Vs. Later Nimrod IIs had a slight increase in rudder area to improve spin recovery of inverted, float equipped aircraft.

The radiator was relocated, a new cowl was fitted, and the tail was given more fin and less rudder area,and featured a steerable tailwheel, rather than the original skid.

In August 1938, during the Certificate of Airworthiness tests at Martlesham Heath, there were concerns about rudder authority, so Tipsy Light Aircraft added 18% to the rudder area, leading to successful certification.

Another merchant ship, the Vyapel spotted twelve of the 27 sailors in their liferaft and the crew of the Vyapel tried to rescue the sailors but to no avail as the rough seas caused the liferaft to drift near the ships propeller and rudder area.

Except for the engine change and its Townend ring cowling, the YP-20 was not drastically different from the P-6 from which both it and the P-11 derived, though the YP-20 had more fin and less rudder area, and featured a steerable tailwheel, rather than the original skid.