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Old 30th January 2013 | 01:18
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Silvaire1
 
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Interestingly, you will find that opening the left side door will cause the aircraft to very gently roll to the right. This may seem counter intuitive - anyone want to venture a guess as to why? I have my unverified opinion as to why...
The open door blanks flow on its side of the vertical fin, giving a yaw input that can couple to roll. Left door open thereby generates a turn to the right, similar to a right rudder input.

On a certain other type of aircraft that looks like Cessna copied its design in 1945 you can control the aircraft with the doors, throttle and elevator trim.

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