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tail fin

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tail fin [′tāl ‚fin]
(aerospace engineering)
A fin at the rear of a rocket or other body.


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A tail fin is place behind the blades similar in look to an aircraft tail fin, as the wind passes either side of the fin it will keep the blades facing into wind.
Tail fin found The search for the black box received a boost earlier on Monday when Brazilian navy divers recovered the tail fin of the Airbus A330 jet.
Ichthyostega, which has robust limbs and only a small tail fin, appears to be the more terrestrial of the two.
 
 
 
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