A32A and J32B Lansen missing all flying tail?

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To me it looks like these jets have an all flying tail irl, the whole unit moving when pitching up and down.
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In game though only the rear part (which in reality might be a trim tab) moves.
Yet I’m unsure if it’s actually wrong because of how little movement there is in this plane in videos. Could someone confirm my findings??

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Might be the opposite to that, like it is on Canberra. Where the yoke inputs controls elevators at the rear of the tailplane, but the there’s also a switch that adjusts the incidence of the whole tailplane to provide nose up or nose down trim

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This site says it has “conventional” elevator, and pictures don’t ever show the tailplane at any angle other than horizontal like the F-16 picture…
http://all-aero.com/index.php/contactus/54-planes-p-q-e-r-s/9507-saab-32-lansen

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Thanks, that might be it. This thing was bugging me for so long and I received answers this quickly haha

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Replying to myself - I should have read more - that link says the tailplane did have variable incidence - but that means it could be moved from trim purposes rathe than being a flight control.

Variable incidence tailplanes are common these days - perhaps the most obvious example is B737 aircraft - it differs from a stabilator in that it is not a primary flight control.