When rolling, you should also _____ to counteract adverse yaw.

• A. Yaw
• B. Roll input
• C. Pitch input
• D. Brake

Answer: (A)

Adverse yaw happens when you roll with the ailerons because the down-going wing creates more drag, so the nose tends to yaw opposite the direction you’re rolling. To keep the turn coordinated and the aircraft’s nose aligned with the roll, you add a small amount of rudder in the direction of the roll (a yaw input). This counteracts the yaw caused by differential drag and lets the airplane roll smoothly into the turn. Pitch changes or braking don’t correct this yaw tendency, since they affect altitude/airspeed or deceleration, not the yaw produced by the rolling wings.