empennage
empennage — noun
1. An aircraft's tail structure — including the vertical fin and horizontal stabili
An aircraft's tail structure — including the vertical fin and horizontal stabilisers — that provides stability and control during flight.
The Boeing 777's empennage was redesigned to reduce drag and save fuel.
passive: empennage was redesigned
During the morning inspection, pilot Pim found a crack in the empennage.
domain context: pre-flight inspection
The repair crew replaced the damaged empennage after the hard landing.
Airbus engineers tested a new composite material for the empennage of their next aircraft.
Talia studied diagrams of the empennage for her aeronautical engineering exam.
- tail assembly
more general; less technical than empennage
- tail section
refers to the rear portion broadly, not always the full control-surface assembly
- tail unit
common in British aviation English, covers the same components
文法句型
the empennage of [aircraft]
用法筆記
This is a technical aviation term used mainly by pilots, mechanics, and aircraft engineers. In everyday English, 'tail' or 'tail section' is more common.