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Old 26th Sep 2005, 09:42
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Chimbu chuckles

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More likely adverse yaw. As you roll into a left turn, for instance, the right aileron has been displaced downwards...that increases the camber of the outer portion of the wing as well as the affective angle of attack which both work to produce more lift which causes you to bank. More lift = more induced drag which causes the nose to swing towards the outside of the turn...hence rudder is needed towards the inside of the turn to balance the aeroplane so that it's longitudinal axis is tangential to the arc of the turn.

Modern aircraft don't have much adverse yaw but they do have some so you need to use rudder to balance a turn...unless, like in a Bonanza, the aircraft is fitted with a spring interconnect between aileron and rudder that does it for you.

If you are skidding then probably either too much rudder in a turn or P factor if in a high powered aircraft in a climbing turn.
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