Vertical stabilizer

A vertical stabilizer or a tail fin is a part of the vertical tail of an aircraft. They also usually have one or more moveable rudders hinged to it. The role of a vertical stabilizer is to make the aircraft stable, give the pilots control of the aircraft and control the yaw of the aircraft. A vertical stabilizer is normally place on the rear fuselage of the aircraft. One plane crash involving the vertical stabilizer is Japan Airlines Flight 123.

Vertical Stabilizer Media

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  The vertical stabilizer is the fixed vertical surface of the empennage

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  Control surfaces at the tail of a conventional aircraft

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  Dual ventral fins on an F-16

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  A dorsal fin is visible at the base of the vertical tail of this Boeing 737-300

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  The twin tail of a Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor fighter jet

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  Movement caused by the use of rudder

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  The rudder is controlled through rudder pedals on the bottom rear of the yoke in this photo of a Boeing 727 cockpit.

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  Rudder and trim tab on a light aircraft

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  The water rudders on this Cessna 208 Caravan floatplane are the small vertical surfaces on the rear end of each float. Their setting is controlled from the cockpit.

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  F/A-18C showing LEX fence which reduces fin buffeting