I had this very wierd dream last night, it could take forever to describe, but the basics are seeing the BoB Lanc fly over with Sally B’s single tail fin, and it made me think, what are the advantages and disadvantages of either a twin tail or large fin.
Avro obviously went for the twin tail, so did Handley Page and Consolidated with the Lib, Vickers, Boeing and Shorts didn’t. So what were the advantages of either, it being noticeable that Consolidated went for a large single tail on the Privateer in the end. I would have thought that a twin tail was more complicated to operate and more prone to damage in action, any thoughts on this from you ultra mechanical types.

This point hasn’t been brought up on the previous posts—— The B17 came out in 1935, after being in service for several years it was followed by the B24. The designers of the 24s took into account the features of the 17 and tried to improve on them. Therefore the B24 had a longer range, could carry a bigger bomb load and was able to fly faster, perhaps the twin tails played a part. However, some of the deficiencies were that they didn’t take into account was that it could’nt fly combat at B17’s altitude, could’nt keep in as tight formation as 17’s and most importantly couldn’t take the punishment that the 17 took