The 'T' configuration gets the tail out of the way
of crops when field landing and consequently helps
to be prevent it from being ripped off! I should imagine
that this would be a rather expensive mistake?!

It also provides an end plate for fin and so potentially
reduces drag, although I'm not sure by how much.


At 11:06 26 October 2004, Stefan wrote:

Pro T-tail: It's in the clean air.
Contra T-tail: Huge torque forces.

The torque forces are more easily mastered when the
planes are small.
There are biz jets and turboprops with T-tails. On
the other hand, all
serious acro planes, gliders included, have 'conventional'
tails.

Stefan