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Adverse yaw causes the nose to move in which direction as the airplane rolls into a turn?
Choices
✓ Away from the direction of the turncorrect
The down-aileron’s extra induced drag yaws the nose away from the intended turn.
Into the direction of the turn
Adverse yaw opposes, rather than aids, the turn.
Straight down toward the ground
Adverse yaw is a yawing tendency, not a pitch change.
It has no effect on the nose
Adverse yaw noticeably swings the nose during a roll.
Why
The down-deflected aileron on the outside wing creates more lift and induced drag, yawing the nose away from the turn; rudder in the turn direction counteracts it.
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