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Old 02-20-2014 | 11:58 PM
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chuckk2
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Full size A/C have a lot of variation in how much rudder is used and when. It's interesting to compare an Erocoupe with no rudder pedals and coupled rudders to same vintage A/C that require rudder input to maintain a co-ordinated turn. Many of the later light A/C really use the rudder very little. I've flown A/C that really only use the rudder to correct torque steer on takeoff. Once in flight,
only very minimal rudder might be needed to keep the ball "in the box".