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Why is there no real adverse yaw?


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  • 3 weeks later...

Bring an unslatted version of the F-4 Phantom to DCS World if you want to experience adverse yaw. At high AoA, you can't use ailerons to roll, or you will depart controlled flight with a high probability of going into a non-recoverable flat spin. Only the rudder can be used to roll at high AoA.

 

The slatted versions of the F-4, such as the F-4E Belsimtek is supposed to model, greatly improved the F-4's behavior at high angles of attack. So you can safely pull much higher AoA without risk of departing and get much better sustained and instantaneous turn performance, too. But nothing is free in aerodynamics. The slats increase zero lift drag, which reduces top speed, acceleration, and climb performance.

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