Thanks for providing what I regard as the clearest most concise explanation I’ve heard anyone give about those dynamics, in 4 minutes. By the way, I need to get one of those Dash 8s because I’ve been shedding too many tears & need something to hold on to, so whilst I can’t afford $30m, the model might console me a bit. Fantastic aircraft by the way, Plus the model has the livery we never really got to see.
Thanks for this! I'm listening to Gene Kranz's Failure Is Not An Option, and I understand when they say pitch and roll, but I had no clue what Yaw meant until watching this video. I appreciate the simple explanation. Now I can continue listening.
Great demo , lovely pilot . I find it amazing that these huge planes actually get up at all ; of course the Wright bros discovered the need for pitch , roll and yaw in 1902 . My dad was a Halifax bomber pilot in WW2 , no computers then .
Nicely explained Ems, ... i have zero knowledge of yaw, and came here after looking out of my 7th floor apartment window and looked at a seagull gracefully turning in mid air.. I remembered someone talking about "Yaw" so decided to learn more.
Thankyou very much it really does make sense and would you believe I watched your video to understand these terms as they relate to my drone and adjusting these elements on my controls. Kind regards Paul
I just recently found that the Beechcraft Bonanza, with a V - tail, uses what is called ruddervators on the trailing edge of the V. Both, the left and the right, work in the same direction, like standard elevators to control pitch of the airplane. To control yaw, the trailing edges work opposite of each other,. To yaw (point the plane to) the right, the trailing edge of the left side of the V will trim up and to the right. At the same time, the right side trailing edge will also to the right, but down - both pushing the tail to the left and the nose pointing to the right. However, this will induce a roll to the left. This roll can be countered with some aileron control as needed to roll the plane to the right (left aileron down, right one up). To yaw to the left, every movement of the control surfaces is the reverse of the right yaw. Just something I had always been curious about.
This is fascinating stuff. I really want to be a pilot but not sure this is the best time to be applying. On another note, your shirt and tie looks 100% - not sure I'd ever look that neat!
