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What Every Pilot Needs to Know about the Airplane Rudder

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The pilot controls the throttle to create thrust. These are called left turning tendencies and include P-factor, spiraling slipstream, torque, and gyroscopic precession. When an airplane starts a turn, there is more lift, and therefore, more drag created in the raised wing. This is called adverse yaw.

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