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Old 4th November 2004 | 10:12
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404 Titan
 
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sorry i'm a bit confused now. when you take off into cross wind from the left don't you apply left rudder to keep the plane lined on the run way? if the left engine suddenly failed wouldn't there be a tendency to yaw left? but since left rudder was being applied during take off i was thinking releasing the rudder should allow the cross wind from the left to help balance the yaw a bit?
No, a crosswind from the left will cause the aircraft to weathercock into wind i.e. yaw to the left or into wind. This is because the fin is being pushed to the right. An engine failure on the left will only make it worse.
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