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Old 6th Mar 2021, 15:39
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Originally Posted by [email protected]
When you are in the situation of full left pedal and still yawing right, the only thing that will save you is when the aircraft weathercocks back into wind and the aerodynamics move you back to the pedal curve by dint of the new wind azimuth...
How's about reducing torque? Doesn't take much of a torque reduction (sometimes) - if you have the altitude, of course. If not, as you say, the rotation may not stop until it's pointed back into the wind.
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