Why Does My Airplane Turn Left? The 4 Left Turning Tendencies Explained

This week, watch as Christian Walsh (Sling Pilot Academy CFI) takes you through the four Left Turning Tendencies - Gyroscopic Precession, Torque, Spiraling Slipstream, and P-Factor - using model planes, drawings, animations, and in depth explanations. Then, Sling Pilot Academy Co-Owner and aerobatic pilot, Matt Liknaitzky, explains how these turning tendencies are more prominent in aerobatic flying. Stay tuned to see all the tendencies explained and see Matt show you which tendencies come into effect during a hammerhead maneuver.

Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:10 - Torque
0:44 - Spiraling Slipstream
1:23 - P-Factor
1:59 - Gyroscopic Precession
3:14 - Summary
3:48 - Intermission
4:00 - Turning Tendencies in Aerobatics
5:00 - Hammerhead: Controlling the Tendencies
8:17 - Outro

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