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The vertical stabilizer is to provide additional anti torque force to the fuselage once the aircraft has forward motion and airflow across the lifting surface. The design makes use of forward motion and the resulting airflow to create an anti torq...
Assessing Stability. Stabilizers add forward weight to a bow, balancing it in hand and, because of the additional mass, absorbing some of the vibration that is produced by the power stroke of the bow. Some claim that a stabilizer will also reduce noise.