page_title: V-tail
hierarchical_section_title: V-tail
caption_attribution_description: English: Fouga Magister CM-170R (registration MT48) of the Belgian Air Force, photographed at the Classic Jet preview day, Kemble Airfield, England, in June 2003. Taken by Adrian Pingstone and released to the public domain. Français&#160;: This image was copied from wikipedia:fr. The original description was: Fouga Magister CM-170R d'entraînement de l'Armée de l'Air belge. Photo prise par Adrian Pingstone, domaine public.
context_page_description: The V-tail or Vee-tail of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional fin and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration. The aft edge of each twin surface is a hinged control surface, sometimes called a ruddervator, which combines the functions of both a rudder and elevators.
  The V-tail was invented in 1930 by Polish engineer Jerzy Rudlicki and was tested for the first time on the Hanriot H-28 trainer aircraft, modified by a Polish aerospace manufacturer Plage and Laśkiewicz in the summer of 1931.
context_section_description: The V-tail or Vee-tail (sometimes called a butterfly tail or Rudlicki's V-tail) of an aircraft is an unconventional arrangement of the tail control surfaces that replaces the traditional fin and horizontal surfaces with two surfaces set in a V-shaped configuration. The aft edge of each twin surface is a hinged control surface, sometimes called a  ruddervator, which combines the functions of both a rudder and elevators.
  The V-tail was invented in 1930 by Polish engineer Jerzy Rudlicki and was tested for the first time on the Hanriot H-28 trainer aircraft, modified by a Polish aerospace manufacturer Plage and Laśkiewicz in the summer of 1931.
caption: The V-tail of a Belgian Air Force Fouga CM.170 Magister
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