Cockpit Rudder Tail 
Plane and Pilot
JULY 9, 2024
The unique H-tail reduces the left-turning tendencies during takeoff while also minimizing the weathervaning effect prevalent in crosswinds. While the original Ercoupes lacked a rudder and rudder pedals entirely, this example has had them installed as an aftermarket kit, making the airplane a bit more familiar for newcomers to fly.
Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
The aircraft was powered by three General Electric CF6 turbofan engines, with one mounted under each wing and a third located above the rear fuselage in the base of the tail. On scanning the engine instruments, it quickly became apparent that the number two tail-mounted engine had failed. The plane entered a descending right-hand turn.
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Vintage Aviation News
JULY 5, 2024
The tailfin was modified with additional area forward of tail plane, with a Meteor NF Mk.12-type This safety pilot handled engine starting, re-lighting and fuel control. 12-type fin giving more surface area for greater stability and to compensate for the extra fuselage length. feet this was the longest Meteor produced.
Pilot's Life Blog
MARCH 15, 2024
Most Crucial Aircraft Components, From the Flight Crew to the Cockpit, Are in the Fuselage The body of an airplane is known as the fuselage. Pilots navigate the airplane forward in glass cockpits, which are located just over the aircraft’s nose. You’ll find a horizontal stabilizer, vertical stabilizer, elevator, and rudder pedals here.
Vintage Aviation News
JUNE 17, 2024
According to Russ, the whole process had gone so smoothly that the decision was made to continue to the nacelles and tail booms to finish what was completed on the aircraft. From there, volunteers are continuing their work on the fuel tanks and building the aircraft’s rudders. Two hours later the fuselage painting was complete.
Vintage Aviation News
JULY 19, 2024
The rudder and elevators both had some internal work done to the ribs prior to re-covering the surfaces, but not much. Using Vought drawings, some of the tail wheel struts were manufactured in-house in our machine shop, for the funding was not available to purchase the exceedingly difficult-to-find components. The yoke is original.
Vintage Aviation News
MAY 6, 2024
In this new guise, with its cockpit pushed four feet further aft, N5111N was designated as a Boeing Model 299Z. Brooks had long wished to own an airworthy Flying Fortress as his father, Elton Brooks, had flown 35 missions as a B-17 tail gunner with the 570th BS, 390th BG from RAF Framlingham in England.
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