#3241: Horizontal Stabilizers

XKCD comic, described below.
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[Cueball and Ponytail are standing, looking up at an airplane in the sky. Cueball is pointing at the airplane.]

Cueball: What's with the little wings on the tails of the airplanes? Do they really need them?

Ponytail: They're horizontal stabilizers. They serve a crucial aerodynamic role.

[Hairy, another Cueball, and Megan are standing in a room, with Hairy on the left of a small fuselage segment with small wings attached to the sides of it, while Cueball and Megan are standing on the right of it. Hairy has his arms raised. There is a caption in a box at the top of the panel.]

Caption: Previously, at the airplane factory...

Hairy: These wings you made are way too small! The plane is supposed to be much bigger!

Other Cueball: Sorry! We'll start over.

Hairy: No, there's no time. Just make it longer and put the bigger wings on the new section.


(Sourced from explainxkcd.com)

Title text:It started as a mistake that everyone was afraid to admit to, and then it stuck because removing it 'looks silly.'.


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