Northstar VFR

MARCH 16, 2025

By Josh Page, CFI Ever heard your flight instructor say, More right rudder? Torque is most noticeable when power is applied suddenly for example, during takeoff. If uncorrected, it can cause a yawing movement to the left, requiring the pilot to use right rudder to maintain coordinated control. So what does that mean exactly?

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 28, 2024

The Cabri G2 comprises a shrouded tail rotor, usually referred to as a “Fenestron” (a registered trade mark of Eurocopter) that was proven to provide excellent maneuverability in every flight condition, in every direction of flight up to 40 kt at least. The weather was clear. The helicopter continued rotating left.

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Rudder Tail Lift Knot 111

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.

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Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

As the airplane contacts the ground, the tail will be forced down very rapidly by the back-elevator pressure and by inertia acting downward on the tail. Remember that torque will be created as power is applied; therefore, it will be necessary to use rudder pressure to keep the airplane straight as it settles onto the runway.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Pilot's Life Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

Control Mechanisms Airplane Controls In airplanes, pilots manage flight using three primary controls: the ailerons, elevator, and rudder. The elevator, situated on the horizontal tail surface, adjusts pitch, raising or lowering the nose for ascent or descent. Why is helicopter flight control more challenging?

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Torque Lift Airplanes Stability 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 18, 2024

Most of the time, I would turn the floatplane setting the tails of the floats onto the shore in order to make our departure a simple matter of climbing in, starting the engine, and with a burst of throttle, sliding into the deeper water and going about our day. Suddenly, I felt a slight movement as the right float began to slide.

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Airplanes Torque Tail Pilot 90

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Adverse yaw is a side effect of aileron use, countered by rudder input. The rotational force thats needed to move an object about an axis is called torque. The simplest formula for torque is: Torque = F x L L is the distance between the object and the axis of rotation, also called the moment arm. What Is an Aileron?

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