Quantcast
Channel: Why do sailplanes have such large tails? - Aviation Stack Exchange
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3

Why do sailplanes have such large tails?

$
0
0

Since a sailplane is focused on performance - what with tricky laminar flow airfoils and all.

Eo why this

enter image description here

Instead of this

enter image description here

It looks to me like that long tail is needed to balance the cockpit. Buy then why not just put the wings beside the cockpit?

Even if we cannot use a flying wing, why not s least a shortened tail? Why this weight and drag penalty?


Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 3

Latest Images

Trending Articles





Latest Images