Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry

Journal of Industrial and Environmental Chemistry 44 7897 074717

Tailless Aircraft

The tailless aircraft has no tail assembly and no other horizontal surface besides its main wing. Aerodynamic controls and stabilizes functions in both pitch and rolls are incorporated into the main wing. A tailless type may still have a conventional vertical fin (vertical stabilizer) and rudder. A tailless aeroplane has no separate horizontal stabilizer. Due to this the aerodynamic center of an ordinary wing would lie ahead of the aircraft's center of gravity, creating instability in pitch. There are few methods must be used to move the aerodynamic center backward in order to make the aircraft stable. Tailless aircraft concept uses a swept wing that positions the outboard control surfaces well behind the center of gravity.

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