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Old 25th August 2014, 10:45
MW Giles MW Giles is offline
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Re: Tail Plane Design

I always thought it was for three reasons - double the amount of rudder surface area without the need for a single large tail plane (a la B-17), improved sighting to rear for mid upper gunner and the tailplane is usually directly behind the engine in a twin or four engine design thereby increasing effectiveness at start of take off run (prepared to be shot down on this last one)

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Martin
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