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  1. @ColinTheMathmo
    Ah, rabbit-hole explorer, eh? I confess I'm pretty deep in this warren myself. I believe it's for trim, is used in normal flight (but isn't itself the elevator, which might be what you were asking, that's a separate control surface), and has no flaps (basically they're on the wings). Happy to be corrected; I write in a relatively amateur capacity. You may enjoy this thread: homebuiltairplanes.com/threads Fair warning: it may lead to wanting to build little airplanes.

    *edited to add: I think post #31 in that thread (first post of page 2) is particularly pertinent to your question. I believe the author spent much of their career in vibration engineering (I don't know the proper name for their subspecialty, but anyway, suffice to say they're a switched-on cookie).

    #aviation #aerospace #aircraftDesign #aeroplanes #airplanes #systemArchitecture #fluidDynamics #engineering

  2. You know you're in #Germany when people decorate their front yards with decommissioned fighter jets.* 🙃

    * first photo: #Lockheed F-104 #Starfighter in #Stuttgart-#Zuffenhausen
    * second photo: #Fiat G.91 R3 in #Goettingen

    #Planespotting #Airplanes #Aircraft #Göttingen #Jets
    (photos: @kernpanik | license: CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)