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Originally Posted by smoore
Wicked cool. Always wondered what a stabliator was. Makes sense it's not pilot controlled.
In this shot it would appear it's the same as when you're taxiing a fixed wing craft, "Keep the aircraft stuck to the ground." Some squat switches would let the control surface know where it needs to be for this situation.
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Stabilators aren't exclusive to helos. Any aircraft on which the entire horizontal stabilizer actuates (as opposed to having elevator tabs) is technically said to have a stabilator.
Most if not all helicopters have a horizontal stabilizer of some form; it's more or less an aerodynamic requirement, especially for helos which (between you and me) have no business being in the air to begin with. However, the bulk of them are fixed. I don't recall ever having seen a helo that uses a fixed stabilizer with tabs (as in common in most fixed-wing craft) but I'm hardly an expert on the subject, so it's very possible that there's one out there somewhere.
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