stabilizer

Example Sentences

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It was the world’s first reusable spacecraft, employing a plane-like design that included wings and a vertical stabilizer.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 7, 2026

He says he searched for a year, on beaches from Myanmar to the Maldives, before finding his first piece, from the rear stabilizer of the plane, on a sandbar in Mozambique.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2024

It subsequently became apparent that the pitch-up problem could also occur at low airspeeds, which would require that the horizontal stabilizer be adjusted farther to achieve a similar effect.

From Salon • Jan. 26, 2024

The Chargers spent all training camp praising Kendricks as a communicator, leader and stabilizer.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2023

“Oh, yeah. We should reach the Mediterranean tomorrow morning. Then spend the rest of that day sailing to Rome, or flying, if I can get the stabilizer fixed by then....”

From "The Mark of Athena" by Rick Riordan