Meaning

2 senses
  1. A vertical-takeoff aircraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at takeoff.

    Heckstarter

  2. A vertical-takeoff spacecraft whose fuselage is perpendicular to the ground at both takeoff and landing; a spacecraft that can land vertically.

Translations

2 languages
Deutsch
By meaning 1
A vertical-takeoff aircraft:

Origin

From tail + sitter.

From tail + sitter.

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Forms

plural: tailsitters
Singulartailsitter
Pluraltailsitters

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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