Empennage

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Tail surfaces mounted high to stay dry, plus a retractable water rudder for taxiing.

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

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Tail surfaces mounted high to stay dry, plus a retractable water rudder for taxiing. 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 · 5 parts in total · full bill of materials below

Empennage parts diagram: 1 horizontal stabiliser, 2 elevator, 3 fin, 4 air rudder, 5 water rudder. 5 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	Horizontal Stabiliser	1×	Tailplane mounted partway up the fin, above spray and the pusher propwash core.
2	Elevator	1×	Pitch surface with enough authority to hold the nose-high step attitude on water.
3	Fin	1×	Vertical stabiliser carrying both the air rudder and the tailplane.
4	Air Rudder	1×	Yaw control surface, also steering the aircraft on the step during water takeoff.
5	Water Rudder	1×	Small retractable blade at the hull stern giving low-speed steering on the water.

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Bill of materials for Empennage

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

#	Item / sub-assembly	Part no.	Qty/assy	Ext. qty	Parts	Type
1	Horizontal Stabiliser	seaplane-stabilizer	1×	1	·	part
2	Elevator	seaplane-elevator	1×	1	·	part
3	Fin	seaplane-fin	1×	1	·	part
4	Air Rudder	seaplane-air-rudder	1×	1	·	part
5	Water Rudder	seaplane-water-rudder	1×	1	·	part

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Where the empennage is used

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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