UndauntedFlyer
Ease the nose down
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As far as the yaw damper is concerned, is someone here saying that the yaw damper played a role in the Colgan crash somehow?
Yes, I brought this up in an earlier post. The question concerns the use of right rudder to offset the torque reaction/p-factor that would be required to correct for the addition of the full power used by the captain during his attempted recovery. Since I suppose the yaw damper (dampener) is the only automatic servo assist, my question asks if the amount of additional rudder correction required by the pilot is significant (in the Q-400) under a full power recovery at a slow speed; and, could this have been a factor.
If someone has any experience in this airplane (or similar) your comments would be greatly appreciated.
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