In article , CHANGE USERNAME TO westes wrote:
How do you use prop on a single engine plane to improve alignment to the
runway? Rudder and ailerons I understand. And on a dual engine airplane I

In a tractor configured (i.e. engine and prop on the nose, single fin
directly in line with the fuselage and in the propwash) single engine
plane, at low speeds the propwash over the tail surfaces make the rudder
much more effective if you give the engine some power. Fly a taildragger
which has a free castoring tailwheel and useless brakes and you soon
learn how a quick 'goose' on the throttle can help you taxi around a
corner in a quartering tailwind.

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