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Old 09-18-2007 | 02:24 PM
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Default Question on rudder shape

I am trying to learn how to hover a fixed wing aircraft.
The rudder on my plane is triangular with the largest surface of the rudder below the horizontal stab.
While using the rudder to maintain yaw in the hover, won't this tend to make the plane roll?
If the rudder was rectangular with approximately the same surface area above and below the horizontal stab it seems this would neutralize this.
Am I thinking wrong?