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The Tail section or Empennage is made up of four main B-Jet powered Engines can be further broken down into
components two sub groups

1- TURBOJET (CT-114 Tutor) which include the
turboprop and turbofan engines
2- RAM JET (Hiller Helicopter)

E-THE LANDING GEAR

1-STABILIZER – gives the aircraft LONGITUDINAL STABILITY The function of the landing gear or UNDERCARRIAGE
2-ELEVATORS – gives the aircraft LONGITUDINAL CONTROL is to take the shock of landing and to support the
3-FIN – gives the aircraft DIRECTIONAL STABILITY weight of the aircraft and enable it to maneuver on
4-RUDDER – gives the aircraft DIRECTIONAL CONTROL the ground. In today’s aircraft the undercarriage is
TRIM TABS – Located in the Rudder and Elevator are made as either
installed to assist in their movement
1-FIXED
D- THE ENGINE
The modern aircraft engine of today can be classified
as two types with each type broken down into
subgroups. These are:-

A-PISTON POWERED ENGINES
B-JET POWERED ENGINES

A-Piston Powered Engines can be further broken down 2-RETRACTABLE
into three subgroups; These two styles can be further broken down into
two types;

1-CONVENTIONAL with a tail wheel (DC-3)

1-RADIAL

2-TRICYCLE with a nose wheel (P-38)
2-INLINE

3-OPPOSED

PROPELLER Types, either variable or fixed pitch can be
metal or wood.