Ju87 Horizontal stablizer?

[Skoshi_Tiger]

Just a quick question. Is the braced stabilizer of the Ju 87 adjustable?

 

Cheers!

[LukeFF]

Nope

[Skoshi_Tiger]

Thanks LukeFF,  I tried to google it but came up with nothing. Guess that's what's going to happen when the info is not there to find. But until BoS came out I didn't know that the 109 had it!

 

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[Flyingpencil]

It is interestng how the 109 has an braced and adjustable stabalizer.

I cannot think of another application like that.

[Skoshi_Tiger]

Later models 109 didn't have braced stabilizers. Did the E's have adjustable stabilizers or just trim tabs?

[Flyingpencil]

Later models 109 didn't have braced stabilizers. Did the E's have adjustable stabilizers or just trim tabs?

adjustable stabilizers.

To reduce drag the tail was redesigned to remove brace in F, but it had some issues. 

I think it was posted somewhere else in this forum...

Here

Edited March 2, 2014 by Flyingpencil

[JtD]

Just a quick question. Is the braced stabilizer of the Ju 87 adjustable?

Yes it is. It works hydraulically in connection with the extension of the flaps and trims the aircraft nose up to counter the effect of the extending flaps.

[andyw248]

Yes it is. It works hydraulically in connection with the extension of the flaps and trims the aircraft nose up to counter the effect of the extending flaps.

 

According to the "Betriebshandbuch" for the Ju 87 B-2 (there is a link to it in some threads here, try: http://www.avia-it.c...DF/Ju-87 B2.pdf), pages 301 - 302, it has both:

• The hydraulically adjusted stabilizer ("Hoehenflosse")
• Trim tabs ("Trimmklappen") at the trailing edges of both elevators, where:
  • Both adjusted automatically to reduce elevator forces (similar to the tabs on the ailerons of the Il-2 which you have probably noticed)
  • The tab on the left elevator could be adjusted manually by the pilot (using the trim wheel)
  • The tab on the right elevator would automatically be adjusted after releasing the bomb (sic!).