Forum: General F-22A Raptor forum

Elite 1K Joined: May 26, 2005 - 08:39 PM Posts: 1496

npeterman18 wrote:

Well, I assume that single tailed aircraft could not use this style of breaking without the deflection of the rudder imparting some sort of directional force on the aircraft.

I know of at least one single-tailed vehicle that uses rudder air brakes: The Space Shuttle Very Happy

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Guysmiley wrote:

npeterman18 wrote:

Well, I assume that single tailed aircraft could not use this style of breaking without the deflection of the rudder imparting some sort of directional force on the aircraft.

I know of at least one single-tailed vehicle that uses rudder air brakes: The Space Shuttle Very Happy

Indeed, it uses a split-rudder design that creates the same drag on both sides of the tail fin and can be seen in this photo:
http://spaceflightnow.com/shuttle/sts11 ... anding.jpg

It works exactly the same way the A-10 (and also SU-25) speed brakes work, just with the ailerons (and as the same with the F-22, it still allows roll inputs).

A-10 speed brakes:

http://www.air-and-space.com/20031025%2 ... ng%20l.jpg

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/318 ... b4cb50.jpg

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