hi turning right stick right=right aileron up turns the plane right? stick left left aileron up turns the plane left?

That's the way it goes. :thumbup:

Right aileron stick makes the right aileron go up and rolls the plane right.

Left aileron stick makes the left aileron go up and rolls the plane left.

DEG

Yes Sir! Imagine in your mind what the plane would do if it was moving forward, and the right aileron was up. It would tend to push the right wing down, right? Remember sticking your hand out a moving car window as a kid? Left aileron down, at the same time, pushes left wing up. Plane rolls to the right. Stick should have been pushed right. Right. Right? Right, err, correct!

I know this is very simplified, but this is not the aerodynamics forum, or is it?

This works for me when I do a control check as I am ready to roll out and take off. A good habit, I think.

Ill be 42 tomorrow...I still do the hand out the window thing..Therefore I wasnt wrong, im still a kid (at heart anyways)

But I hope you're standing BEHIND the airplane when you're putting this advice into motion.

uhh...

Technically - right stick - right aileron goes up.. the plane BANKS to the right.

Iflyrc24 - you stated it correclty... but I think the point was missed.

You turn (the directional heading of) the plane using the rudder!

Not enough people use the rudder when flying - or at least thats what they tell me when I fly!

Ted

I agree....if a 5th opinion matters!!!

I would like to make two points here...

First, Yes, right stick, right aileron goes up (viewing from behind the plane, or as if you were in the cockpit). The method I like to use for ease of remembering is "thumbs up", that is... push the stick with your thumb (even though i use two fingers on the sticks), which ever aileron your thumb is pointing to, goes UP. "Thumbs up" is just an easy way to remember it.

Second... the rudder...

Not quite... The rudder controls the yaw axis of the plane, not the directional heading. to illustrate, look at the diagram below... when you bank the wings, the combination of gravity/lift/and air resistance, will cause the plane to slide in the direction of arrow "A". Applying up elevator will cause the plane to want to travel in the direction of arrow "B". The result will be a turn in the direction of arrow "C".

Now, because the outside wing is traveling faster than the inside wing, adverse yaw can occur. It is the adverse yaw that would be corrected with rudder.

BUT!

Because most of our planes are so small, the adverse yaw created is minimal and not really a factor to be concerned with, with the exception of only a few models. I have flown literally HUNDREDS of models and with the exception of only a few very large planes (A large Cub with a full size wing would be a good example) coordinating a turn with rudder just isn't necessary.

Minnflyer is correct. The rudder is used in a normal turn only to counter any adverse yaw. Actually, you'll find most of the turn is done with the elevator. As the plane banks you must feed in up elevator to hold your altitude, while the ailerons are neutralized once the desired bank is achieved. A trainer will slowly try to level it's wings, while a pattern type ship will pretty well stay where you put it. The sharper the bank, the more elevator needed. The adverse yaw can often be overcome by having a lot more up aileron than down. The up aileron is in a lower pressure area on top of the wing, while the down aileron is in the high pressure area on the wings bottom, so it creates a lot more drag.

Yes, just remember that which ever way that you move the stick makes the control surface move up. This works for ailerons, rudder and well as elevator.