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  1. What are the exact meanings of roll, pitch and yaw?

    Jul 25, 2019 · Therefore, any yaw-pitch-roll triplets that have a pitch angle of plus 90 degrees, and roll-minus-yaw equating to some given value, are describing the same orientation of the aircraft in space, …

  2. What is the difference between turn rate and yaw rate in aircraft?

    Dec 5, 2019 · Therefore, yaw rate is technically exactly equal to the rate of change of heading. In many applications and loose technical speaks, however, yaw rate may also refer to the third component of …

  3. What's the purpose of yawing? - Aviation Stack Exchange

    Aug 18, 2015 · Turning with aileron alone creates adverse yaw when the rising wing provides more lift and more drag than the lowering wing, causing a yawing moment away from the intended direction of …

  4. flight controls - Is this explanation of adverse yaw correct ...

    Jun 9, 2016 · Yaw-roll damping: as roll rate builds up to steady-state, the down wing experiences a larger flow incidence while the up wing experiences a smaller flow incidence due to the rolling …

  5. aerodynamics - How does a flying wing keep from going into a flat …

    The tips were arranged to give proverse yaw, so that banking into a turn would apply the correct amount of yaw for a smoothly coordinated turn. Part of this was imbued by actual downforce at the tips …

  6. How does yaw relate to pitch? - Aviation Stack Exchange

    Mar 8, 2016 · How does yaw relate to pitch? There are four forces at play on a single engine aircraft that can cause turning tenancies or Yaw. The main reason a single-engine propeller aircraft yaws left at …

  7. Do helicopters need to use yaw pedals to fly a coordinated turn?

    May 3, 2017 · Helicopters effectively tilt the lift vector to the side where they need to go to, there is no adverse yaw effect that requires compensation from the pedals. Both fixed wing and rotary wing …

  8. Why not use the yoke to control yaw, as well as pitch and roll?

    Apr 21, 2019 · If the yoke were used to control yaw as well as pitch and roll, this would allow the pilot to make coordinated turns using just their hands, rather than having to remember to push with one of …

  9. Why is the cirrus yaw damper disabled during takeoff?

    Jun 15, 2023 · A yaw damper on a single suggests the plane is "under-finned" so the yaw static stability is only mildly positive. The result is stronger torque reactions and an annoying tail wagging tendency …

  10. aircraft design - On coaxial helicopters, how exactly does the yaw ...

    Aug 3, 2019 · This question asks how coaxial helicopters achieve yaw. The accepted answer correctly states that this is done by increasing pitch on one rotor while decreasing pitch on the other rotor, …