YAWING MOMENT


Meaning of YAWING MOMENT in English

noun

Etymology: yawing from present participle of yaw (II)

: a moment that lends to rotate an airplane about its vertical axis

yawing moment is positive when its tends to turn the plane to the right and negative when it turns the plane to the left

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