If helicopters didn't have tail rotors, they would spin in circles because they need a force pushing in the opposite ...

so while a V-tail undoubtedly helped it fly, it didn't help it fly very well. But that also wasn't the point. Stepping a little further back in time, the Fouga Magister may not be as famous as the ...

FLYING’s then editor-in- chief Richard L. Collins drew it plainly, in a review in the August 2007 issue: “I have flown every model of the Bonanzas and some stand out as milestone V-tails.

A pigeon-inspired robot has solved the mystery of how birds fly without the vertical tail fins that human-designed aircraft rely on. Its makers say the prototype could eventually lead to passenger ...