Using Left Rudder on a Descent. Is it Negative P-Factor?
Asked by: Sukhman 3850 views Aerodynamics, Commercial Pilot, Flight Instructor, General Aviation, Private Pilot, Student Pilot
I know that my P-factor is greatest at high power and high angle of attack. To overcome that we use the right rudder, but my question is that does the P-factor changes in a descent? Because when I fly a 172, during a descent I experienced that left rudder is needed to keep the ball centered and my instructor says that it is due to change in the direction of P-factor but when I went over internet everybody says there’s no change in the direction of P-factor it’s effect just decreases while on descent.
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