On Mar 16, 6:44 pm, wrote:


I'd say that the rudder controls yaw, period.

You can change heading using the rudder. I've done it (hah, especially
a lot as a student trying to practice power on stalls), and it stands
to reason considering the force vectors acting on a fuselage that is
yawed into the relative wind. I've never tried to do what Bertie
describes though. But I will next time I'm up.

Nevertheless I follow the school that says the elevator is really the
main turn control (Langewiesche, Stowell, and many others).

Yes, but (oh those exceptions)...

Rudder comes in handy for very small changes in course (such as
required on an ILS).

It's nearly impossible to bank 2 degrees, but very easy to correct 2
degrees with rudder.


Dan Mc