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Definition of Horizontal stabilizer

1. Noun. The horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Horizontal Stabilizer

Literary usage of Horizontal stabilizer

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Aircraft Mechanics Handbook: A Collection of Facts and Suggestions from by Fred Herbert Colvin (1918)
"horizontal stabilizer After the upper longeron is leveled up, the horizontal stabilizer is assembled to the tail of the fuselage as in Fig. 145. ..."

2. The Curtiss Standard JN4-D Military Tractor Hand Book, 1918 by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Corporation (1918)
"horizontal stabilizer (Part No. 11527) After the upper longeron is leveled up, the horizontal stabilizer (Part No. 11627) is assembled to the tail of the ..."

3. Practical Aviation: An Understandable Presentation of Interesting and by Charles Brian Hayward (1919)
"Align the horizontal stabilizer over these bolts, placing the washer plate on ... Next fasten the vertical stabilizer to the horizontal stabilizer by means ..."

4. ABC of Aviation: A Complete, Practical Treatise Outlining Clearly the by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1918)
"The horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, rudder, and elevators are assembled to form the empennage. As shown at Fig. 106, the horizontal stabilizer ..."

5. Learning to Fly in the U. S. Army: A Manual of Aviation Practice by Elisha Noel Fales (1917)
"The horizontal stabilizer is fastened by means of bolts in the top longeron and ... The vertical stabilizer is now fastened to the horizontal stabilizer, ..."

6. Aeroplane Construction and Assembly by James Thomas King, Norval Wilfred Leslie (1918)
"The horizontal stabilizer braces are Fig. 1-B. ASSEMBLING CONTROL POST AND BRACE WIRES attached, and as these braces are not adjustable, they hold the ..."

7. The A-B-C of Aviation: A Complete, Practical Treatise Outlining Clearly the by Victor Wilfred Pagé (1918)
"The horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, rudder, and elevators are assembled to form the empennage. As shown at Fig. 106, the horizontal stabilizer ..."

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