Yaw String in a Spin

Yikes...
This thread is well on its way to the top for adding
confusion to a topic!!

I don't even think of yaw string in terms of 'pointing'...

for me it solely reflects how air is passing over it,
the string always stays aligned to this airflow...and
most all of the time I want to keep my ship aligned
pointy end first into that same airflow. My contribution
to the confusion.


At 04:00 17 January 2005, Greg Arnold wrote:
John Galloway wrote:
It means exactly the same rudder direction you apply
in any other, non spinning, yawed condition (how could
it be otherwise as the string doesn't change its mode
of action in a spin?). The front end of a yaw string
is stuck to the canopy and if the loose end is pointing
left in a spin you apply apply right rudder.


Are you sure? Imagine a flat spin. If the loose end
is pointing to the
left, doesn't that mean yoiu are spinning to the right?
So don't you
want left rudder?