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Old 2nd Jul 2010, 13:09
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Originally Posted by italia438
[PBL: How do flying wings such as the B2 , which have no fin or rudder, coordinate turns? If you think the B2 does it with sophisticated electronics, then answer the same question for a flexwing microlight.]
PBL.. doesn't this help prove my point that it has more to do with the elevator...
Flexwing microlights have no elevator. (They might bend the rear of the wing, but that is to trim, not to exercise pitch control.) How do they coordinate turns?

A related question: why do some airplanes yaw to the left during a right turn, and to the right during a left turn?

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