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Old 4th Jul 2010, 18:53
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It helps to distinguish turn (changing the direction of travel of the centre of gravity of the aircraft) from yaw (changing the heading of the aircraft, or as you put it, "pushing the tail around").
I had distinguished the difference... I was talking about the so called "weathercock effect" that happens when in a slip with no rudder applied. In a turn, there is no weathercock effect because there isn't a slip or skid.

Yep yep yep. Yada yada. Agreed. My point is that a plane will turn (albeit a descending turn) without any increased effort from the elevator.
I totally agree, that's weathercocking effect. But "while established in a coordinated turn", weathercock effect is not present.
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