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Old February 28th 10, 10:38 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
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Default Vertical stabilizers

On Feb 27, 2:08 pm, Dallas wrote:

To me, coordinated is coordinated. Sure, there are micro disruptions that
try to produce a yaw that the vertical stabilizer is called upon to resist,
after all, that's why it's there.

But, in a coordinated turn, the goal is to balance the pressure on both
sides of the stabilizer.


The rudder/fin produces a lateral force to cause the coordination and
will generate a tip vortex. Otherwise, why would we need the vertical
surface?

Dan