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F4EHokie

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Correct flight surface, wrong name......................


those are the horizontal stabilizers, and yes they are independently actuated. Kinda cool.

Ailerons are the control surfaces on the trailing edge of the wing. In the pic, you can see the left ailerons are down and right ones are up.

(In response to this post by Freddyburg Hokie)

Posted: 06/23/2017 at 12:34PM



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