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Does anyone know what is the more correct (or more popular?) pronuncation? dictionary.com says /ɛmpənidʒ/ (my transcription), but I've heard it pronounced /ɛmpənɑ:ʃ/. PeepP 17:13, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Some description of this needs to be added, since it is mentioned at the end of the MiG-15 article. Askari Mark | Talk 18:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Is it true that in most commercial flights, people are more likley to survive an impact if sitting in the rear of the plane?
No, it's an urban myth. Askari Mark | Talk 02:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Two questions have been asked through the article feedback system. The first asks what is the etymology of the word (presumably French for something!) and the second simply said 'Transport joint'. It's true that many jet fighter aircraft types have their rear ends removed for engine changes and transport, we should try to add something on this. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 08:49, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
The term "Empennage" is not commonly used compared to "tail" - Google returns 1,000,000 for Empennage, 25,000,000 for aircraft tail. So, per WP:COMMONNAME, this article ought to be moved accordingly. But "tail" needs disambiguating. Options which occur to me include:
My own preference is for Tail (aircraft). Any comments? — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 16:35, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
I consider Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. ISBN 1-56027-287-2 to be fairly definitive in these sorts of matters. It has "empennage (aircraft structure)" and a lengthy entry on what it is and how it works, but does not have "tail" (although it has some tail-related things, like "tailwind") nor does it have "aircraft tail" (although it does have many other related things, such as "aircraft accident" and "aircraft battery"). I would go with the RS on this. - Ahunt ( talk) 13:52, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
If it helps Crane says: empennage (airplane structure). The tail section of an airplane. The empennage stabilizes the airplane in flight and causes it to rotate about its vertical and lateral axes. An inverted cruciform empennage consists of a fixed vertical fin with a movable rudder attached to its trailing edge, and a fixed horizontal stabilizer with a movable elevator hinged to its trailing edge on both sides of the fuselage. Another type of empennage, the V-tail, has only two fixed and two movable surfaces arranged in the shape of the letter V. These two surfaces stabilize the airplane and rotate about its two axes in the same way as the three fixed and three movable surfaces.
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The empennage, commonly called the tail assembly ..., is the rear section of the body of the airplane.(my bold). I refer once again to WP:COMMONNAME. — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 17:25, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Comment Perhaps relevant: how do we classify the stabilo of a canard aircraft? It certainly cannot be called part of the tail or tail assembly or whatever tail-related term. But is it part of the empennage? Jan olieslagers ( talk) 17:48, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
The article states that the horizontal stabilizer shares lift with the wing. Is this commonly true? I thought the most common situation was for the H. stabilizer to provide a downward force in level flight to enhance stability wrt stall (.i.e. loss of lift results in a nose-down recovery rather than a stall). 99.245.230.104 ( talk) 23:43, 31 August 2014 (UTC)
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Does anyone know what is the more correct (or more popular?) pronuncation? dictionary.com says /ɛmpənidʒ/ (my transcription), but I've heard it pronounced /ɛmpənɑ:ʃ/. PeepP 17:13, 9 February 2006 (UTC)
Some description of this needs to be added, since it is mentioned at the end of the MiG-15 article. Askari Mark | Talk 18:31, 16 October 2006 (UTC)
Is it true that in most commercial flights, people are more likley to survive an impact if sitting in the rear of the plane?
No, it's an urban myth. Askari Mark | Talk 02:22, 1 November 2006 (UTC)
Two questions have been asked through the article feedback system. The first asks what is the etymology of the word (presumably French for something!) and the second simply said 'Transport joint'. It's true that many jet fighter aircraft types have their rear ends removed for engine changes and transport, we should try to add something on this. Cheers Nimbus (Cumulus nimbus floats by) 08:49, 15 August 2012 (UTC)
The term "Empennage" is not commonly used compared to "tail" - Google returns 1,000,000 for Empennage, 25,000,000 for aircraft tail. So, per WP:COMMONNAME, this article ought to be moved accordingly. But "tail" needs disambiguating. Options which occur to me include:
My own preference is for Tail (aircraft). Any comments? — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 16:35, 11 January 2014 (UTC)
I consider Crane, Dale: Dictionary of Aeronautical Terms, third edition, Aviation Supplies & Academics, 1997. ISBN 1-56027-287-2 to be fairly definitive in these sorts of matters. It has "empennage (aircraft structure)" and a lengthy entry on what it is and how it works, but does not have "tail" (although it has some tail-related things, like "tailwind") nor does it have "aircraft tail" (although it does have many other related things, such as "aircraft accident" and "aircraft battery"). I would go with the RS on this. - Ahunt ( talk) 13:52, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
If it helps Crane says: empennage (airplane structure). The tail section of an airplane. The empennage stabilizes the airplane in flight and causes it to rotate about its vertical and lateral axes. An inverted cruciform empennage consists of a fixed vertical fin with a movable rudder attached to its trailing edge, and a fixed horizontal stabilizer with a movable elevator hinged to its trailing edge on both sides of the fuselage. Another type of empennage, the V-tail, has only two fixed and two movable surfaces arranged in the shape of the letter V. These two surfaces stabilize the airplane and rotate about its two axes in the same way as the three fixed and three movable surfaces.
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Ahunt (
talk) 15:00, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
The empennage, commonly called the tail assembly ..., is the rear section of the body of the airplane.(my bold). I refer once again to WP:COMMONNAME. — Cheers, Steelpillow ( Talk) 17:25, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
Comment Perhaps relevant: how do we classify the stabilo of a canard aircraft? It certainly cannot be called part of the tail or tail assembly or whatever tail-related term. But is it part of the empennage? Jan olieslagers ( talk) 17:48, 31 January 2019 (UTC)
The article states that the horizontal stabilizer shares lift with the wing. Is this commonly true? I thought the most common situation was for the H. stabilizer to provide a downward force in level flight to enhance stability wrt stall (.i.e. loss of lift results in a nose-down recovery rather than a stall). 99.245.230.104 ( talk) 23:43, 31 August 2014 (UTC)