NOUN
- the horizontal airfoil of an aircraft's tail assembly that is fixed and to which the elevator is hinged
How To Use horizontal stabilizer In A Sentence
- In order to test the aircraft, it would have to be flown into some fairly unpleasant weather and, in order to further increase stability, a large fixed fin was added on the center line of the horizontal stabilizer.
- the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft.
- The method is used in a hinge wear inspection example of Horizontal stabilizer to testify its efficiency.
- Install the horizontal stabilizer into vertical stabilizer slot properly.
- GARVEY: Well, first of all, that air worthiness directive, which was issued and given a 18-month period, focused on a different part of the horizontal stabilizer, not the jackscrew. CNN Transcript Feb 13, 2000
- After doing a quick check on the fit of the skin panels, TAF focus went to the additional brackets for the tailwheel, and the cut-outs for the single piece horizontal stabilizer.
- the horizontal stabilizer and elevator in the tail assembly of an aircraft.
- The company said the problem involves improper installation of small, composite pieces called "shims" where the horizontal stabilizers, small wing-like structures that extend outward and help control the up-and-down pitch of the aircraft, meet the fuselage. Boeing Finds New 787 Glitch
- The initial assembly of the horizontal stabilizer is going smoothly.
- This follows the discovery earlier this week in two Alaska Airlines jets of metal strips and filings in the jackscrew assemblies, a part of the horizontal stabilizer. CNN Transcript Feb 12, 2000