Originally Posted by
cfircav8r
I have a question, if your plane is trimmed for straight and level and you hold rudder, even a little, won't it just continue to yaw? In my world when you apply a control force it will continue until it is released or an outside force acts upon it.
I'm pretty sure that was beaten to death errr I mean 'discussed' about 140 posts ago...
yes, if you hold rudder the airplane will continue to yaw. (on the planet earth, with the airplane (as defined by Miriam Webster) upright / essentially straight and level / in 99.9% of the cases)