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horizontal stabilizer
- Definição1
- The fixed horizontal surface on the tail of conventional airplane. The stabilizer may be adjustable in flight to vary downloads produced by the tail. This permits the airplane to be flown hands-off at any speed.
- Fonte1
- KUMAR, Bharat (ed.). An illustrated dictionary of aviation. New York: McGraw-Hill, c2005. 752 p.
- Fonte2
- INTERNATIONAL CIVIL AVIATION ORGANIZATION. Human factors guidelines for aircraft maintenance manual. Montreal, 2003. (Doc. 9824 AN/450)
- Fonte3
- ANTAS, Luiz Mendes. Glossário de termos técnicos. São Paulo: Traço, 1979. 756 p. (Coleção Aeroespacial; t. 1.)
- Contexto
- The accident occurred because the attaching screws on the top of the left side leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer had been removed the night before during scheduled maintenance, leaving the leading edge/de-ice boot assembly secured to the horizontal stabilizer by only the bottom attachment screws.
- Subárea
- Aircraft Structure
- Related Term
- stabilizer
- Français
- stabilisateur horizontal
- Sinônimos
- tailplane
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