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Old 18th Oct 2016, 18:55
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Teaching how to use the rudder

We have a long thread going in the Accidents forum about a crash I'm researching.

http://www.pprune.org/accidents-clos...a-crash-7.html

It's become clear that in an excessive right bank the crew would have used left rudder to counter the bank. A couple pilots have told me it was a lead-pipe cinch, and running a simulator says they must have done so.

Can anyone enlighten me on how students are trained to use the rudder, especially when they lose aileron control?

In the cited incident, they were in a right bank that was initially intentional, but then went out of hand when they could not return the ailerons to neutral. Pilots have told me that no one trains for such an event.

I'd appreciate hearing from instructors on the question.

Craig Hagstrom
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