HOW RUDDER HELPS MANEUVERS DURING A CROSSWIND
When a loop—or any maneuver related to one—is performed in a crosswind, the airplane will drift sideways with the wind during the slower portion of the loop. This drift will generally happen as the plane rounds over the top of the loop. Consequently, a loop that was entered on a parallel flight path with the runway will exit downwind—no longer tracking parallel. If you don’t use the rudder, you will have to do a number...
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