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Old 17th February 2020 | 17:30
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DaveReidUK
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Originally Posted by gums
The planes with only moving stabs and no "elevators" still result in a stable pitch/ AoA by moving that stab. But I don't know of any commercial airliners with such a configuration. And the planes with the all-moving stab seem to be fighters or unique, single purpose planes.
The TriStar had a stabilator, with control column movement directly altering the stab incidence. It had elevators too, but they weren't directly controllable, being simply geared to the stab.
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