How many "V" tails entered production?

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Was wracking my brain tonight trying to get to sleep and I was trying to answer the following: Are the Beech Bonanza and the Fouga Magister the only two aircraft to enter production with a "V" tail?
 
Good calls guys! The UAV has the inverted V-tail GG, btw.

I seem to remember other types with them...need to check up on some sources about that. Offhand the He 162 would 'almost' fit into the category, although technically, she was a double tailed with V-form tailplanes..

Not counting the gap between the tailplanes , the YF-23 might almost fit the category too....
 
How could I have missed the F-117? Thanks for that one!

And I'll give you the "Black Widow II" A4K. I was thinking of one set of control surfaces that do the work of two. Another good one - that's thinking outside the box, BUT sadly it did not enter production... I always thought it looked the better of the two.
 
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vikingBerserker said:
I know it did not reach production, but I never heard of a v-tailed Me 109.

http://rareaircraf1.greyfalcon.us/picturese/g309.jpg

Anybody else ever heard of this??
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The Germans had been playing with V tail concepts for a while. Even the Me262 and He162 had conceptual designs with a V tail. The next step for the Me262 was to have the engines moved into the wings and a V tail at the end of a slightly lengthened fuselage.

No surprise though, the V tail was first done by a Polish engineer back in the 30's.
 
GrauGeist said:
The F-117 and UAV aircraft like the Global Predator have 'em...

I think the Global Hawk has an inverted V tail...or it might be the other way around.
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the Predator's got an inverted V-tail. and the Hawk's got an upright one.
 
I never heard of the Robin ATL. Interesting "kite", even had forward swept wings. Hey, that may be another thread...Ju 287, X-29, Robin Atl, Hansa jet(?). Perhaps for another sleepless night.
 
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