Vehicles that are free to operate in three dimensions, such as aircraft and submarines, can change their attitude and rotation about the three orthogonal axes centered on the vehicle’s center of ...

In a single-engine airplane, the yaw damper smooths out ... The ADAHRS is, in fact, constantly monitoring every pitch, roll and yaw movement, and the Cirrus provides envelope protection whether ...

The first airplane equipped with autopilot was as rickety as they come, but it laid the foundation for today’s highly automated systems.

Landing a tailwheel airplane is really no different than ... is happening (an “illusion” when you wrongly combine the roll and yaw inputs). Once you are on the ground in a crosswind, you ...

Looking at photos of plane used in World War II, you may have noticed a lot of cables and wires around them. Here's what ...

Nearly every airplane flying today ... the first aircraft that offered complete control over yaw, pitch, and roll. But there was no stick: A horizontal cross-member linked to the forward-mounted ...

Commercial airplanes have a system known as the yaw dampener that can mitigate the effects of a Dutch roll. If an aircraft ... the ground for the bulk of the airplane's damage.

The PowerUp 4.0 takes the humble paper airplane and propels it ... which lets you adjust a dizzying array of things such as pitch, roll, and yaw. You can also get instructions for making 14 ...