Box tail
| 1. | (Aëronautics) In a flying machine, a tail or rudder, usually fixed, resembling a box kite. |
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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The Barling featured a triwing, a
box tail, and six Liberty 12-A engines--four tractors (pullers) and two pushers mounted midwing, directly behind the inboard tractor engines.
Electronic systems typically include a "Down Beat" missile-targeting and navigation radar inside a dielectric nosecone, a '
Box Tail' bomb-targeting radar, and video camera-assisted weapons aiming.
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