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Old 01-21-2004 | 06:18 PM
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Stratman
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Default Can you answer this?

Ok, imagine this – You are flying your low winger with a very small amount of dihedral on a normal wide turn banking left and all of a sudden the rudder clevis lets go so the rudder is free as the breeze, What do you think would happen to the plane in the turn?

1. Would the pressure from the spiralling prop wash pushing on the left side of the fin now have more authority and cause the plane to yaw to the left and induce a left spiral dive because the rudder is not holding the aircraft straight.

2. Would the left side pressure also push the rudder to the right, holding up the nose in the turn.

3. Or would the rudder just flap frantically in the breeze fishtailing the aircraft and making it hard to control.

4. Or have you got your own theory.

Any input please.