Actually the Caravelle tail was not convnetional, it was cruciform, that is with the horizontal stab half way up. Mike Gammon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> To: <AIRLINE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:39 AM Subject: Re: Airbus question > In a message dated 7/16/2003 11:28:02 AM Pacific Daylight Time, > gfoley@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: > > << It has to be used if the engines are mounted aft on the fuselage. I > suspect > that the control moments would be too much affected by engine thrust if the > horizontal stabilizer were close to the engine exhaust gas stream. > >> > > That is not true. The Caravelle had a more conventional tail >