The aircraft was hit by ground fire and about 60% of its right vertical tail was blown off.
And the flowing air can press hard on one side of the plane's vertical tail.
A vertical tail, like that on an airplane, is a further stabilizer.
The twin vertical tail is located at the boom tips.
A larger vertical tail was added to counter the effect of the floats.
With a few kicks of the great vertical tail, the alien closes on them.
Primary among these was a larger vertical tail in order to finally solve the stability issues.
One built - identifiable by the extremely small vertical tail.
He was referencing controllability issues with the small vertical tail.
They can be seen on the wings and vertical tails of many airliners.