How do you use Tailwheel in a sentence? See 5 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Tailwheel meaning
A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.
Using Tailwheel
- The main meaning on this page is: A wheel attached to the tail of an aircraft that supports it when on the ground.
Context around Tailwheel
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Tailwheel
- In this selection, "tailwheel" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, shimmy, lengthened, doesn, type and strut stand out and add context to how "tailwheel" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a lengthened tailwheel strut allowed and anti shimmy tailwheel was also. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "tailwheel" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with tailwheel
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Bishop 1995, Appendix 1 The Dunlop-Marstrand anti-shimmy tailwheel was also retractable. (13 words)
This Army Pup insisted on drilling with the cadets and it was said that you never told those Cadets that Tailwheel doesn’t understand or obey commands. (27 words)
The pilot's seat was raised convert which, combined with the new canopy and a lengthened tailwheel strut, allowed the pilot better visibility over the long nose. (27 words)
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American four-blade, twin- turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew. (30 words)
This accident occurred because the tailwheel unit was unable to caster properly, a problem which was solved in June–July 1941 by the fitting of a Dowty unit. (28 words)
This Army Pup insisted on drilling with the cadets and it was said that you never told those Cadets that Tailwheel doesn’t understand or obey commands. (27 words)
Example sentences (5)
This Army Pup insisted on drilling with the cadets and it was said that you never told those Cadets that Tailwheel doesn’t understand or obey commands.
Bishop 1995, Appendix 1 The Dunlop-Marstrand anti-shimmy tailwheel was also retractable.
The Boeing AH-64 Apache is an American four-blade, twin- turboshaft attack helicopter with a tailwheel-type landing gear arrangement and a tandem cockpit for a two-man crew.
The pilot's seat was raised convert which, combined with the new canopy and a lengthened tailwheel strut, allowed the pilot better visibility over the long nose.
This accident occurred because the tailwheel unit was unable to caster properly, a problem which was solved in June–July 1941 by the fitting of a Dowty unit.