Rudder Runway Torque 
Northstar VFR
JULY 21, 2024
More right rudder!!” The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. Yet the rudder is one of the most important and one of the most under-utilized. The rudder’s most important function is controlling the yaw of the aircraft, which moves the nose of the plane left and right.
Fear of Landing
JUNE 28, 2024
In the event of an unintentional left yaw, the pilot must immediately apply right rudder, that is, firmly apply pressure on the right rudder pedal. The key is to respond swiftly and with rather more right rudder than might be expected from pilots without experience with Fenestron-equipped helicopters. The weather was clear.
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Photographic Logbook
SEPTEMBER 16, 2023
The chirping we heard was due to excess torque-related motion of the powerplant in the engine compartment. Ray later found that the nuts securing the remaining three mounts were insufficiently torqued by whomever mounted that engine before the Williamson Flying Club bought the airplane in 2021. It was undamaged, it just came apart.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 18, 2024
We would launch from the paved runway, retract the gear, and head out to one of the nearby waterways to practice takeoffs and landings. The airplane began to torque to the left, and I was just about to pull the power to idle before the left wing hit the nearby tree when the left float let go, and we jumped forward into deeper water.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 18, 2024
We would launch from the paved runway, retract the gear, and head out to one of the nearby waterways to practice takeoffs and landings. The airplane began to torque to the left, and I was just about to pull the power to idle before the left wing hit the nearby tree when the left float let go, and we jumped forward into deeper water.
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