RCAIDE.Library.Components.Wings.Vertical_Tail

Vertical_Tail#

class Vertical_Tail(*args, **kwarg)[source]#

Bases: Wing

A class representing a vertical stabilizer surface for aircraft directional control and stability.

tag#

Unique identifier for the vertical tail, defaults to ‘vertical_tail’

Type:

str

vertical#

Flag indicating vertical orientation, defaults to True

Type:

bool

symmetric#

Flag indicating if tail is symmetric about x-z plane, defaults to False

Type:

bool

Notes

The vertical tail provides directional stability and serves as a mounting surface for the rudder. It inherits all geometric and aerodynamic functionality from the Wing class and adds specific attributes for vertical tail operation.

See also

RCAIDE.Library.Components.Wings.Wing

Base wing class providing core functionality

RCAIDE.Library.Components.Wings.Control_Surfaces.Rudder

Control surface typically mounted on vertical tail

RCAIDE.Library.Components.Wings.Vertical_Tail_All_Moving

All-moving vertical tail variant

make_x_z_reflection()[source]#

Creates a reflected copy of the vertical tail over the x-z plane.

Returns:

Reflected vertical tail with appropriate sign conventions

Return type:

Component

Notes

  • Used when vertical tail’s symmetric attribute is True

  • Reflects dihedral angles and origin location

  • Control surface deflections are reflected according to sign_duplicate

  • Should be called after setting control surface deflections

WARNING: this uses deepcopy to achieve its purpose. If this copies too many unwanted attributes, it is recommended that the user should write their own code, taking after the form of this function.

It is also recommended that the user call this function after they set control surface or all moving surface deflections. This way the deflection is also properly reflected to the other side

moment_of_inertia(center_of_gravity)[source]#

Computes the moment of inertia tensor for the vertical tail.

Parameters:

  • wing (Component) – Wing component data

  • center_of_gravity (list) – Reference point coordinates for moment calculation

Returns:

3x3 moment of inertia tensor

Return type:

ndarray