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P-factor

Definitions

  • A tendency for an aircraft to yaw to the left due to the descending propeller blade on the right producing more thrust than the ascending blade on the left. This occurs when the aircraft’s longitudinal axis is in a climbing attitude in relation to th

References

  • Airplane Flying Handbook
    Federal Aviation Administration · 2021