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yaw dampers

yaw dampers is the plural of yaw damper.

Meaning of yaw damper

Noun

yaw damper (plural yaw dampers)

  1. A component of the flight control system of most swept-wing aircraft which suppresses the aircraft's natural Dutch roll tendency using carefully-timed automatic rudder inputs.

Questions about yaw dampers

What is yaw dampers the plural of?
Yaw dampers is the plural of yaw damper.

Words near yaw dampers in the dictionary

  1. Yavne
  2. Yavneh
  3. Yavoriv
  4. yaw
  5. yaw damper
  6. yaw dampers
  7. Yaw Yin
  8. yaw'll
  9. yaw-haw
  10. yaw-hawed
  11. yaw-hawing

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