Table 2: Volume coefficients for various types of aircraft.

No Aircraft Horizontal tail volume coefficient ( V H ¯ ) Vertical tail volume coefficient ( V V ¯ )
1 Glider and motor glider 0.6 0.03
2 Home-built 0.5 0.04
3 GA-single prop-driven engine 0.7 0.04
4 GA-twin prop-driven engine 0.8 0.07
5 GA with canard 0.6 0.05
6 Agricultural 0.5 0.04
7 Twin turboprop 0.9 0.08
8 Jet trainer 0.7 0.06
9 Fighter aircraft 0.4 0.07
10 Fighter (With canard) 0.1 0.06
11 Bomber/military transport 1 0.08
12 Jet transport 1.1 0.09