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T Tail question
Something I saw raised a question in my mind: An MD-80's T-tail had
one half pitched up and the other half pitched about neutral. My question is why any T-tail aircraft would allopw differential motion of the two halfs of the horizontal stab? It seems to me that the rolling couple such a position would impose in flight would act as a tremendous shearing force on the fin. I'm no kind of structural or aero engineer but does any military aircraft with a T tail support differential movement of the two halves of the horizontal stabilizer? |
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