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Old 13th December 2006 | 05:27
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nugpot
 
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Originally Posted by Intruder
After the airplane is airborne, rudder pressure is unneeded on most airliners, because the roll spoilers and yaw dampers provide yaw control in turns. So, once the wings are leveled after liftoff, rudder input should no longer be needed. Use aileron input to adjust heading/track outbound.
On the CRJ you can feel unbalanced flight immediately. You also need rudder during low speed turns to keep the a/c balanced - if balanced flight is important to you obviously. It seems more and more of the newer pilots don't care.

I think you are making this too technical. After lift-off, maintain balanced flight (first) and runway track (second) using whatever control inputs are necessary.
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