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Old 04-21-2003 | 11:46 PM
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raynman
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Default Using rudder?

I have made a few posts on this site with good results. Here goes another. How can one PRACTICE
using rudder? It seems that whenever I try to use rudder on my trainer (tower 40) I have to make corrections
QUICK ! The plane seems to want to roll over and I need to apply ailerons to correct. My instructor says
that I should use more rudder when landing to turn the plane (line-up) with runway but I can't seem to make
the plane "behave" except with mostly ailerons. Is there some in flight rudder "practice" I could try. The
practice I have tried only involded using rudder and compensating with ailerons. I thought that the rudder
turns the plane on only one axis but my plane likes to roll over with rudder. I know i'm missing something
here, and I think I could land better if I could master this rudder question. What do YOU think?