What is adverse yaw and what causes it?
Answer
Adverse yaw is the tendency of the nose to yaw toward the raised wing during a roll. It is caused by the increased induced drag on the down-going (lowered) aileron side.
PHAK Ch. 5 — Aerodynamics of Flight
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