Aircraft principal axes

3

MENTIONS

2

EPISODES

2

PODCASTS

Oct 18, 2026

Unknown podcast

The Northrop N-9M Flying Wing, Jack Northrop's Subscale Dream at Planes of Fame, and the Fifty-Year Road from Muroc Dry Lake to the B-2 Spirit

Oct 18 · 1 Mention

Tail DraggerHOST

4:54

Slow the right wing.

Tail DraggerHOST

4:55

Yaw right.

Tail DraggerHOST

4:56

In principle.

Tail DraggerHOST

4:56

In practice, the response was slow and required anticipation rather than reaction.

Aircraft Explained

Aircraft Explained

How Pilots Control an Airplane

Oct 1 · 2 Mentions

speaker_0NARRATOR

1:09

Rolling alters the direction of the lift force.

speaker_0NARRATOR

1:12

Yaw can create different airflow over each wing.

speaker_0NARRATOR

1:15

The airplane is one connected aerodynamic body.

speaker_0NARRATOR

1:18

The primary flight controls are organized around those rotations.

speaker_0NARRATOR

4:03

Those are trained procedures, not subjects for a generic operating lesson.

speaker_0NARRATOR

4:08

the rudder does not normally make an ordinary coordinated turn by itself.

speaker_0NARRATOR

4:12

Yawing changes the airflow and can cause one wing to move faster than the other, which may then create roll.

speaker_0NARRATOR

4:18

The cleaner normal method is to bank the lift vector with roll control and use yaw control to keep the motion coordinated.