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Old 05-29-2004 | 07:58 PM
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Default RE: Rudders

I think people use rudder more than they realize on prop driven aircraft. I didn’t realize how much rudder I used on take off departure until I started using retracts in the 70s and had to take my thumb off the left stick to retract the gear. I had been automatically compensating for the P factor and didn’t realize it. Up until that time I knew that I used rudder a lot in pattern flying and on landings.