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How to pronounce vertical stabiliser in English?

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Synonyms tail fin, tailfin, vertical fin, vertical stabilizer
Type of stabilizer

Examples of vertical stabiliser

vertical stabiliser
The fin comprises the fixed vertical stabiliser and rudder.
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The number can usually be found on the vertical stabiliser of all German military aircraft of the Second World War.
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A vertical stabiliser a vertical surface mounted at the rear of the aircraft and typically protruding above it.
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It was the first Tu-142 to feature a MAD, its MMS-106 Ladoga system being mounted in a aft-facing fairing atop the vertical stabiliser.
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His parachute was discovered unopened and it was deduced that he may have hit his head on the vertical stabiliser of his aircraft when trying to escape.
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The military aircraft crashed but the crew managed to land the airliner without injury to passengers or crew despite losing a large part of the vertical stabiliser.
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A conventional tri-plane empennage arrangement is incorporated, with all-moving stabilators, single vertical stabiliser and rudder, as well as twin ventral fins.
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So, as Dr Serghides explains, doing without the horizontal stabiliser and vertical tail is not such a radical step.
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A horizontal stabiliser or elevator, or tailplane, mounted at the tail of the aircraft, near the vertical stabilizer.
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