Adverse yaw occurs because the outside wing experiences higher induced drag, which also produces more lift. This describes yaw in which direction?

• A. Outside wing
• B. Inside wing
• C. Both wings equally
• D. Tailplane

Answer: (A)

Adverse yaw comes from the fact that the wings don’t share drag equally during a roll. In a bank, the outside wing has to produce more lift to help balance the aircraft and complete the turn, so it operates at a higher effective angle of attack and generates more induced drag. That extra drag on the outside wing slows it relative to the inside wing, pulling the nose toward the outside wing. So the described yaw direction is toward the outside wing (for a right-hand turn, that would be to the left).