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When an elevator on an airplane is up does the tail move down or up?
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∙ 9y ago
The plane follows the arc of the elevator and moves up when the elevators are up.
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What is a elevator on an airplane?
The elevator is used to control the airplane's pitch (up, and down angle of the nose). The elevator is located on the horizontal tail fins.
What does an elevator on a plane do?
An elevator on a airplane are tabs on the tail that control its up and down motion in the air
What does the elevator in an airplane do?
Elevators are the flying control that controls the aircrafts pitch. Located on the tail plane, the elevators move up to pitch the aircraft nose up and move down to pitch it nose down.
Which best describes the action of the elevator on the tail of an airplane?
The elevators of an airplane control the pitch (nose up or down) of the aircraft.
What is an elevator on a plane?
The elevator are the control surfaces on an airplane that make the aircraft pitch nose UP or DOWN and causes the airplane to rise or descend. The Elevator are usually on the tail of the aircraft and are mounted on the horizontal tail surfaces. However, some aircraft have this control forward of the main wings.
If the pilot lowers the elevator what will the airplane's tail do?
Tail will tilt up
How can the nose of an airplane go up?
You pull the 'stick' back, which raises the elevator surface, forcing the tail down.
The part of the airplane that make it go up or down?
Elevators. They are the movable parts of the horizontal fins on the tail. When the move upwards, the airflow pushes the tail down, which points the nose up.
What happens if you move a vertical tail on a airplane?
It will make the aircraft unstable
What is a back of an airplane called?
Depending on context this could either be 'aft' (when inside the airplane), or 'Empennage' when referring to the entire tail section (the horizontal and vertical stabilizers, the rudder, the elevators, as well as rudder and elevator trim).
What is the tail on an airplane used for?
The tail has many components that guide the aircraft, make it go up or down and often contains the APU.
Do whales tail move left right?
All whales move their tails up and down.
