From: "Alireza Alivandivafa" <DEmocrat2n@xxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2003 2:39 AM > 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 > But the horizontal stabilizer on the Caravelle is about half way up the vertical stabilizer, Gerry http://foley.ultinet.net/~gerry/aerial/aerial.html http://home.columbus.rr.com/gfoley http://members.fortunecity.com/gfoley/egypt/egypt.html