Doug Hoffman wrote:
In article ,
Marian Aldenhövel wrote:


Hi,

Thank you all, I have learned a lot. I have also come up
with two more things to consider, both rather minor I suspect:

- The control linkages are propably more complicated
in a T-Tail (con).
- With a T-Tail you can build the elevator in one piece so you
can rig and derig more easily (pro).

Now why are we not seeing more V-Tails? The main pro for T-Tails
seem to be:

- Good ground clearance
- Less drag
- Operates in clean undisturbed air

How does a V-Tail stand up against that?


The V-Tail setup is less likely to cause fuse damage in a ground loop.

Couldn't the T-tail designer just make the fuselage stronger? Or the
V-tail designer make the fuselage lighter to take more advantage of the
lower tail CG, so they both withstand a ground loop just as well?

Maybe JJ or some other glider repairer can tell us how tail booms
commonly fail - torsion or bending, and if there seems to be a
difference in types of failure between the tail types.


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Eric Greenwell
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USA