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The vertical stabilizer is to provide additional anti torque force to the fuselage once the aircraft has forward motion and airflow across the lifting surface. The design makes use of forward motion and the resulting airflow to create an anti torq...
1 This poses a problem for locating a vertical stabilizer and may result in very large vertical surfaces. ( 2 Note, however, that winglets may be used to advantage in this case.). 3  Wing twist distribution is strange and C L dependent: The wing additional load distribution is distorted by the canard wake.