more rudder to the right????

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At my local FBO I overheard an old time, and quite accomplished, pilot
discussing spins and saying that small piston airplanes have "more
rudder to the right". I vaguely seem to recall reading that rudders
are designed to create more "lift" to the left, when viewed from
above, to compensate for the spiraling slipstream. Is this correct?
Is there any other reason a plane would have more rudder to the left?
Wouldn't that then allow it to spin faster to the right, because the
rudder is assisting the faster (outside) wing?

tks

[Bertie the Bunyip[_24_]]

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> At my local FBO I overheard an old time, and quite accomplished, pilot
> discussing spins and saying that small piston airplanes have "more
> rudder to the right". I vaguely seem to recall reading that rudders
> are designed to create more "lift" to the left, when viewed from
> above, to compensate for the spiraling slipstream. Is this correct?
> Is there any other reason a plane would have more rudder to the left?
> Wouldn't that then allow it to spin faster to the right, because the
> rudder is assisting the faster (outside) wing?
>
> tks
>

yeah, Pretty much. If you have a rop that goes clockwise, veiwed from the
cockpit, ordinaril there is some sort of compensation, usally in the form
of an offset fin and usually a rudder tab, either fixed or adjustable

Bertie