| 释义 |
stabilator, n. Aeronaut.|ˈsteɪbɪleɪtə(r)|
[f. stabilizer n. + elevator n.]
A control surface on the tail of an aircraft, which combines the functions of a horizontal stabilizer and an elevator.
1954Aeroplane 24 Dec. 919/2 The control system [of the F-84F]..includes..a one-piece slab-type tailplane, which Republic call a ‘Stabilator’. 1956W. A. Heflin U.S. Air Force Dict. 485/2 Stabilator, a one-piece stabilizer mounted on the top of the vertical stabilizer. 1978D. B. Thurston Design for Flying xii. 185 On some aircraft the stabilizer and elevator are combined into one surface, referred to as an all-moving horizontal tail or stabilator. 1987Flight Internat. 10 Oct. 27/1 By selecting the stabilator (the adjustable elevator at the tail of the Apache) to 20°, the attitude could be altered sufficiently to give me increased forward visibility as we settled among the trees. |