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Old 04-04-2005 | 06:41 AM
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kennyandannie
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Default RE: What part turns a plane


ORIGINAL: beepee

Shouldn't ...

The wing turns the aircraft. The ailerons, elevator, rudder control the bank, yaw, rate of turn, etc., but the turning forces are exerted on the wing in the form of the vector sum of horizontal forces on the banked wing.

Bedford
Very true, however, a turn can be completed with no use of a banked wing, hence the stated use of ailerons, rudder or both with the push of the elevator is technically correct, IMHO.

Ken