What is the purpose of the tail on an aircraft.?

Question

If the main wings on the aircraft causes lift, and the tail wings cause the aircraft to climb and descend then what is the purpose of the tail.

Answer 1

The rudder in the tail of a plane allows it to go left and right.

Answer 2

Short answer: The vertical surfaces keep the airplane flying straight and allow "steering" the nose left and right. They are mostly used to steer when the aircraft is banked in a turn, or to control the direction of the plane when landing or taking off.

Long answer: The tail has horizontal surfaces (horizontal stabilizers are fixed, the elevators move) and vertical surfaces (vertical stabilizer is fixed, rudder moves).

Stability: as the aircraft travels, the tail surfaces keep the front end of the airplane in front, and the tail in the back.

Control: the tail has rudders and elevators that "steer" the nose of the airplane up or down or side to side to help "drive" the airplane.

In technical terms, they control the pitch and the yaw of the aircraft.

Making the airplane go up is very complicated. It depends on the speed and the power applied, as well as the angle of the wing. For example, at slow speeds and low power settings, the nose can be pitched way up, and the airplane still descends.

Answer 3

It gives the company a place to put its logo.

Answer 4

Its so the pilots know which end to get in from