Stick and rudder

Chock · 05-19-07, 11:25 PM

Absoutely, that's why I prefer flying gliders. With no propwash to act on the vertical stabiliser, you have to give them a bootfull of rudder to get them into a turn, and the adverse yaw on a single seater with an 18 metre wingspan is something to behold - it's the only way to fly.

Mind you, it's always funny the first time you do a turn in a powered aircraft after not having flown one for a long time, and you enter the turn like that, forgetting about the propwash!

:rotfl:

Chock

05-19-07, 11:25 PM	#2
Chock Sea Lord Join Date: May 2005 Location: Under a thermal layer in chilly Olde England Posts: 1,842 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Absoutely, that's why I prefer flying gliders. With no propwash to act on the vertical stabiliser, you have to give them a bootfull of rudder to get them into a turn, and the adverse yaw on a single seater with an 18 metre wingspan is something to behold - it's the only way to fly. Mind you, it's always funny the first time you do a turn in a powered aircraft after not having flown one for a long time, and you enter the turn like that, forgetting about the propwash! :rotfl: Chock