skid fin

skid fin
noun
: a fore-and-aft vertical surface usually placed above the upper wing of a biplane and designed to provide the vertical keel surface required for lateral stability

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Aeron.
an upright projection or fin, positioned from leading edge to trailing edge in the center of the upper wing of some early airplanes and used to retard skidding.
[1930-35]

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skid fin,
a finlike vertical plane set across the upper wing of some early aircraft to increase lateral stability.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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