vertical stabilizer

English

Alternative forms

• vertical stabiliser

Noun

vertical stabilizer (plural vertical stabilizers)

1. (aviation) The fin on the tail of an aircraft; it includes the rudder on its trailing edge.

   Coordinate term: horizontal stabilizer

Translations

aviation: the fin on the tail of an aircraft

• Czech: svislá ocasní plocha f
• Finnish: sivuvakain, sivuvakaaja
• German: Seitenleitwerk n