Flight Training Central
MARCH 3, 2025
Recovery is made by lowering the nose, simultaneously applying full power while maintaining directional control with coordinated use of aileron and rudder. Right rudder pressure will be needed to offset the effect of the increase in power. Then, at the first sign of a stall, lower the nose, apply power, and level the wings.
Northstar VFR
MARCH 16, 2025
By Josh Page, CFI Ever heard your flight instructor say, More right rudder? Torque is most noticeable when power is applied suddenly for example, during takeoff. If uncorrected, it can cause a yawing movement to the left, requiring the pilot to use right rudder to maintain coordinated control. How do you correct this?
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Flying Magazine
JULY 22, 2025
King noted that Epic focuses on stick-and-rudder skills to the point that the first time in the airplane the pilot uses absolutely none of the automation. Steering with the rudder pedals is direct and effective—brakes are only required for the tightest turns. Prior to takeoff, the rudder trim is set from 50 to 100 percent to the right.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 20, 2025
Adverse yaw is a side effect of aileron use, countered by rudder input. The rotational force thats needed to move an object about an axis is called torque. The simplest formula for torque is: Torque = F x L L is the distance between the object and the axis of rotation, also called the moment arm. What Is an Aileron?
Pilot Institute
APRIL 12, 2025
The complication with helicopters is that the main rotor is driven by an engine that applies a twisting force (torque) to spin it. This is called torque reaction, and if its left unchecked, the helicopter fuselage will spin in the opposite direction of the main rotor. These rotors create equal and opposite torques that cancel out.
Vintage Aviation News
OCTOBER 10, 2024
N9505C in the movie “Always” As discussed in that previous article, this Catalina, N9505C, was converted to a “Super-Cat”, with its engines upgraded to Wright R-2600s and its rudder enlarged and squared off to counteract the torque of the more powerful engines. Flown by Robert P. Schlaefli, the owner of SLAFCO, Inc.,
Northstar VFR
JULY 21, 2024
More right rudder!!” The airplane rudder is one of the most misunderstood of the primary flight controls. Yet the rudder is one of the most important and one of the most under-utilized. The rudder’s most important function is controlling the yaw of the aircraft, which moves the nose of the plane left and right.
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