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Examples
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Low-mounted and back-tapered leading edge with square tips.
M.B. 326 (AERMACCHI) United States Army 1993
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Flats are high-mounted on the body, back-tapered with blunt tips, and have a positive slant.
An-32 CLINE (ANTONOV) United States Army 1993
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High-mounted and back-tapered with straight trailing edges.
Su-25 FROGFOOT (SUKHOI) United States Army 1993
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Flats are high-mounted on the body, back-tapered with blunt tips, and have a positive slant.
An-24 COKE, An-26 CURL (ANTONOV) United States Army 1993
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V-shaped tail fins that also serve as tail flats, back-tapered with blunt tips.
MAGISTER CM. 170 (AEROSPATIALE) United States Army 1993
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Fins back-tapered with angular tips and canted outward.
MiG-31 FOXHOUND (MIKOYAN-GUREVICH) United States Army 1993
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Flats low-mounted on the fin and are back-tapered.
S-2 TRACKER (GRUMMAN) United States Army 1993
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High-mounted and back-tapered with blunt tips and a negative slant.
An-72 COALER (ANTONOV) United States Army 1993
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Fin back-tapered with round tip and a curved fairing.
S-2 TRACKER (GRUMMAN) United States Army 1993
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Flats high-mounted on the body, back-tapered leading edges, and blunt tips.
M.B. 326 (AERMACCHI) United States Army 1993
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