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How to use rudder in a sentence

25 example sentences · noun

Rudder means an underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot). Example: “At slow taxiing speed, there is insufficient rudder authority to steer the aeroplane.”

Examples of rudder by meaning

nounThe tail of an otter.

  • He sniffed Tarka’s hair from rudder to neck, and his nose remained at the neck.1927, Henry William Williamson, Tarka the Otter, Chapter 19

More sentences with rudder

  • At slow taxiing speed, there is insufficient rudder authority to steer the aeroplane.From the entry rudder authority
  • Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?From the entry mans
  • The airplane's primary flight controls comprise elevators and ailerons driven by manually-controlled servo tabs, and a hydraulically-powered rudder and spoilerons.From the entry flight control
  • At high angles of attack, the shuttle’s rudder is blanked by the fuselage and wings, forcing it to use its RCS thrusters for yaw control.From the entry blank
  • The cross-bow rudder uses the offside blade on the onside of the kayak.2017, Nigel Foster -, The Art of Kayaking: Everything You Need to Know About Paddling, →ISBN. From the entry onside
  • A midcrossing rudder failure could only be mended in becalmed seas.2014 July 18, Eric Stiller, Keep Australia On Your Left: A True Story of an Attempt to Circumnavigate Australia by Kayak, Tor Publishing…. From the entry midcrossing
  • To prevent this type of emergency, the pilot had to anticipate the tail swing with rudder movements.2013, Bert Frandsen, Hat in the Ring: The Birth of American Air Power in the Great War, →ISBN. From the entry tail swing
  • This test aircraft had the same design of VTP and rudder as the occurrence aircraft.2007, Transportation Safety Board of Canada, “1.12.12 Age-Related Structures and Materials Degradation”, in Aviation Investigation Report…. From the entry flutter
  • Later, a stick control similar to that used in small aircraft was attached to the rudder ropes.2000, Jim Huffstodt, Everglades Lawmen: True Stories of Danger and Adventure in the Glades, Pineapple Press Inc, →ISBN, page 74. From the entry airboat
  • The rudder has no manual reversion capability but can be operated with the standby hydraulic system.1999, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.6.2 Boeing 737 Hydraulic System Information”, in Uncontrolled Descent And Collision With…. From the entry manual reversion
  • Adding power and turning with the rudder is an option, but some precision is sacrificed.1996, Sport Aviation - Volume 45, page 34. From the entry footful
  • The aircraft headed “feet-dry” by the pilot's judicious use of rudders and afterburners.1979, Approach, volume 24, number 11. From the entry feet dry
  • Sometimes the pilot finds that his elevator or rudder is utterly ineffective.1971, G[rigori] A[leksandrovich] Tokaty, A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: G. T. Foulis & Co.…. From the entry shock stalling
  • He moves the stick or the rudder pedals, but the aircraft fails to respond.1971, G[rigori] A[leksandrovich] Tokaty, A History and Philosophy of Fluid Mechanics, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire: G. T. Foulis & Co.…. From the entry shock stalling
  • The only metal parts are the rudder hinges and bow guard.1968, Machine Design - Volume 40, Issues 21-25, page 54. From the entry bow guard
  • This condition can result in problems ranging from high pilot control force necessary to move the rudder to uncommanded rudder deflections.2001 March 27, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.16.3 Detail Examination and Tests of Standby Rudder Actuator Input Shaft and…. From the entry galling
  • Sharp shinned and Cooper's hawks dash through the woods after small birds, steering between tangled limbs with their rudder -like tails.1946, North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, Wildlife in North Carolina, N. C. Wildlife Resources Commission, page 28. From the entry midair
  • For example: in making a turn, should you throw on too much stick and not enough rudder, you'll sideslip.1941, Jay D. Blaufox, 33 Lessons in Flying, page 47. From the entry stick
  • With the forespring holding the bow, the wash from the prop flowing over the rudder will push our stern out clear of the quay.1982, Cruising World - Jul – Dec 1982, page 35. From the entry forespring
  • The two main masts are aline amidships, while the two mizzen masts are astern and placed in line with the rudder post.1938, The China Journal - Volume 28, page 264. From the entry aline
  • Towards the end of the century the size of the helm port on large ships was much reduced by bringing the head of the rudder inside the ship.1989, Michael W. Marshall, Ocean traders, page 89. From the entry helm port
  • A rolling takeoff was made, takeoff thrust was stabilized at 80 KIAS, and left rudder and right aileron were used to compensate for the right crosswind.1979 December 21, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.11 Flight Recorders”, in Aircraft Accident Report: American Airlines, Inc.…. From the entry crosswind
  • The built-up type of rudder, i.e. the rudder produced by shrinking forged arms on to a backpost, is a very nice example of fabrication without welding.1949, Steel Processing and Conversion, volume 35, page 588. From the entry backpost
  • Measurely the rowers dipped their scarlet oars as a red rudder swirled in the dark waters, veering a blood-red boat back again to the English shore.1910, The Idler Magazine, volume 38, page 124. From the entry measurely

Meaning of rudder

  1. noun An underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).
  2. noun A control surface on the vertical stabilizer of a fixed-wing aircraft or an autogyro. On some craft, the entire vertical stabilizer comprises the rudder. The rudder is controlled by foot-operated control pedals.
  3. noun A riddle or sieve.

Full definition of rudder

Questions about rudder in a sentence

How do you use rudder in a sentence?
Rudder is used as a noun. For example: “At slow taxiing speed, there is insufficient rudder authority to steer the aeroplane.”
What is a short sentence with rudder?
“Watch that small sailboat; see how Stephanie mans the rudder?”
What does rudder mean?
Rudder means an underwater vane used to steer a vessel. The rudder is controlled by means of a wheel, tiller or other apparatus (modern vessels can be controlled even with a joystick or an autopilot).

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