Empennage

Assembly

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Four fabric-covered fins in X or cruciform layout glued and laced to the envelope tail.

Direct parts	5
Total parts	24
Used in	1 assembly
Class	Assembly

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Four fabric-covered fins in X or cruciform layout glued and laced to the envelope tail. A full specification article for this item is being written. Meanwhile its bill of materials and connections are below.

Empennage parts and their functions

5 top-level parts · 24 parts in total · full bill of materials below

Empennage parts diagram: 1 fin, 2 rudder, 3 elevator, 4 fin guy wire, 5 control cable. 24 parts in 5 top-level items. — Empennage parts diagram. Numbers match the table below; each box is one top-level part or assembly with what it contains.

#	Part	Qty	What it does
1	Fin	4×	Fabric-covered aluminium-frame stabilising fin bonded to the envelope.
2	Rudder	2×	Hinged yaw-control surface on a vertical or canted fin.
3	Elevator	2×	Hinged pitch-control surface on a horizontal or canted fin.
4	Fin Guy Wire	8×	External bracing cable spreading fin loads into envelope patches.
5	Control Cable	8×	runs to gondola

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Bill of materials for Empennage

5 top-level lines · 5 rows shown · 24 parts total · indented to 3 levels

#	Item / sub-assembly	Part no.	Qty/assy	Ext. qty	Parts	Type
1	Fin	airship-fin	4×	4	·	part
2	Rudder	airship-rudder-surface	2×	2	·	part
3	Elevator	airship-elevator-surface	2×	2	·	part
4	Fin Guy Wire	airship-fin-guy-wire	8×	8	·	part
5	Control Cable	airship-control-cable	8×	8	·	part

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Where the empennage is used

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Aerospace & Drones 1 Non-Rigid Airship (Blimp)

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Non-Rigid Airship (Blimp)

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Vendor	HQ	Specialty	MOQ	Lead time
🇨🇳Foxconn foxconn.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Flex (Singapore) flex.com ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇮🇳Dixon Technologies dixoninfo.com ↗	Noida, IN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇨🇳BYD Electronics bydelectronic.com ↗	Shenzhen, CN	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks
🇸🇬Venture Corp venture.com.sg ↗	Singapore	Electronics contract mfg	1,000 pcs	6–10 wks