What is a YAW DAMPER and how does it work? Explained by CAPTAIN JOE

[@adrielamoguis]

Oh man, this came out at the perfect time. I have a written exam in a few hours. Thanks Captain!

[@johnburgess2084]

Good explanation, Joe, thanks. One minor point, I think, is that the correct wording at 6:25 is "damping", not "dampENing". "Dampening" refers to making something wet, where "damping" refers to reducing oscillations. That's why it's called a Yaw Damper, instead of a Yaw Dampener. Sorry, just a picky engineer here.

[@rwalkenhorst]

One of my pet peeves as well. An example of a dampener would be a garden hose.

[@nicknicholson1268]

@@rwalkenhorst Good point. Hello from a picky fellow engineer here!;)

[@Citroeniste]

Similarly irritating to me is the use of the word “orientated” instead of oriented

[@rwalkenhorst]

@@Citroeniste My wife would say, "Don't get him started." One of the most puzzling to me is the double "is," which has become an epidemic: "He can't come to work today. The reason is is he has the flu." A lot of very intelligent people have this glitch in their speech. When I hear it I want to say, "Stop right there. Why did you say 'is' twice?"

[@abeld9476]

Awesome explanation , now I know. Thank you Capt. Joe 👍🏼

[@caiquealencar1688]

I'm really enjoying your clear and easy to understand explanations. Greetings from Brazil.

[@stevekirk8546]

A complex subject very well explained - thank you Joe.

[@a.ksh376]

EBD (Electronic Brake Distributor) also acts like YD when braking. if the car pulls to one side veering off the straight line, accelerometers quickly send signals to the ECU to release braking actuation on the opposite side thus bringing the car back onto the straight line.

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Thanks buddy!

[@kymw7833]

Thanks Joe a simple explanation,i found your 5 EASA questions video,s very interesting i didnt understand any of it clearly im not a pilot but it just showed me how smart you guys and girls are at the pointy end of the plane,well done to all you Pilots,for getting us there and back safely😊😊😊😊😊 Kym Adelaide

[@StealthParrot]

I was never really sure what a yaw damper system was though I've often heard pilots refer to them in checklists. Brilliant explanation, thank you Captain.

[@mikeschmit007]

Ok, once again very informative, thx Joe👌

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Thanks Mike!

[@Тысамыйпрекрасныймужчинавмоейж]

Джо!! Куда делся твой блогер в фейсбуке? Я всегда наблюдала за твоими видели историями. А сейчас его нет. Очень жаль. Я тебя уважаю и обожаю красавчик Джо!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Valentin_MeL]

@@Тысамыйпрекрасныймужчинавмоейж Ютуб конечно сейчас может переводить с одного языка на другой. Но с джо лучше общаться на английском или немецком, русский то он всё-равно не знает.

[@EduardoGarcia-tl9oj]

I’ve seen the option to turn the Yaw Damper off. What would be the scenario or scenarios where the Yaw Damper would need to be turned off?

[@sagittarius_]

Absolutely top class explanation. Thank you✈️🛫

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Glad it was helpful!

[@c1ph3rpunk]

Captain: “yaw’ll gonna have a good flight! Sorry, dad pilot joke”.

[@TwitMoe]

Thanks CJ

[@Josh125125]

I've noticed some GA jets turn on the dampers after TO and then back off before landing. Clearly there is some reason for this, would be curious to know why.

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

I will look into that!

[@birds_eye_view]

So the Yaw Damper is active all the time? Even during landing? Especially strong crosswind landings? As a small plane pilot I cannot really imagine how that „interference“ would feel and probably mess up my landing totally.

[@brad4057]

Yeah buddy, fantastic content

[@rwalkenhorst]

The yaw damper makes it unnecessary to manipulate the rudder pedals to coordinate roll and yaw when turning, correct? When I started flight simming I spent a bunch of money on good rudder pedals, but now that I fly airliners exclusively I only need them for the brakes and maintaining centerline on takeoff and landing (I built my own tiller for taxiing).

[@19ij]

8:46 this Tupolev 154 had massive issues with flight controls. Pilots who land it is a really heroes.

[@loiswhite503]

Yaw great very informative , I thought a Dutch roll was like bread , 😅 actually it's a great explanation , have you ever had the weight shift ?? I know you transferred whales ? That means the water would have shifted.

[@jorgw.6151]

I don't know if this topic is to hot for you: On 9/11 there was a crosswind. The "pilots" could compensate the crosswind and made a perfect 90 degree impact. This results in the known roll-angle of the planes that you can see on every impact photo. My questions: 1. Could an unexpierenced pilot do that? 2. Why did they do that? For an attack the impact angle should not play a role. It would only play a role ift you want to minimize the wreckage parts in the streets of NY. In my opinion shows this, that the planes are controlled by an expierenced pilot or an automatic system. Is there any automatic system (maybe the yaw damper) that could compensate the crosswind in this way? Thank you.

[@warnerhsieh2649]

HI there. Are you in Jiangsu, China? I'm in the city Suzhou, Jiangsu hahaha. Good to see you here. Did you fly to Nanjing or somewhere?

[@Cars-N-Jets]

2:58 I was hoping it would've been a Cargolux 747-8 with you in it😂

[@yuusufliibaan1380]

Thanks Captain Joe ❤❤👍🙏☺️🐱🙂😁😺

[@pengpilot]

Really? “Yaw?” Come on captain😂😂😂😂

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

I know, amazing right!

[@alexesther787]

Guess that's how you roll! (At least secondarily) ​@@flywithcaptainjoe

[@mcam707]

​@flywithcaptainjoe i have been meaning to look into this anyway, so this is a perfect video for me! Thank you!

[@julianleite]

Awesome video, Captain! There's one thing I've never seen anyone comment, but i wonder if it is related with the computers' real time calculations: the top left indication of wind's direction and intensity on ND. How about a video about it? Thanks again!

[@acreguy3156]

I understand that yaw dampers also give passengers in the rear seats less tendency toward air sickness too. Kind of a bonus feature?

[@christerry1773]

Amazing job! Does the intensity of Dutch roll differ at higher altitude vs lower?

[@thejumper9303]

How do you start a turn in a passenger or cargo plane, so that the "gravity" just feels stronger and weaker but does not change direction? Do you induce it via a yaw motion? Or via a smooth roll/pitch transition?

[@siyacer]

thanks joe

[@nicknicholson1268]

Also YD (Yaw Damper) should be disconnected during the landing phase, to be able to fully control the landings, if I am not mistaken.

[@Тысамыйпрекрасныймужчинавмоейж]

Спасибо за видео.!!

[@scotty523]

Awesome video covering the underrated yaw damper! Good try pronouncing city of your hotel. Pro-tip, add about 75% of a J sound to the Zh’s and you’d be a natural. ;)

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Will do Scotty😂 thanks! And yes definitely „underrated“😉

[@barrylunch]

“Damping” (smoothing out), not “dampening” (making wet). “Moment” (a force), not “momentum” (a product of mass and velocity).

[@laratheplanespotter]

Oh hey Joe! Glad to see ya here!

[@NicolaW72]

Thank you very much!🙂👍

[@m0r1k]

Sir, you look like a pilot! 😻😻😻

[@mmhuq3]

Thank you

[@MrAlwaysBlue]

A replacement for stick and rudder skills?

[@jassy6046]

One remark on the bicycle analogy. To "steer into it" you'd move the handlebar in the opposite direction as shown at time 3:21 in the video. If you experience crosswind from the right you'd push on the right hand side end of your bike's handlebars. The wheels then will follow a strive to the left and due to inertia you and your bike will lean over to the right into your crosswind and compensate that. And, one more: Famous for ventral fins, or "fish fins" are e.g. the Learjet models and also the famous F-16. Thanks for damping my "yawn" ;-)

[@mytech6779]

And the X-15 which needed to jettison the large ventral skeg before landing.

[@391wombat]

Right rudder pedal moves rudder (and nose of plane) to right or vice versa?

[@rwalkenhorst]

Pushing the right pedal forward points the plane to the right. Very hard for newbies to get used to because with a steering wheel or handlebars, if you push on the right side it turns you to the left. Edit: I wonder whose idea it was to make it that way. Maybe Captain Joe knows.

[@SVanHutten]

@@rwalkenhorst It makes sense as the pedals (usually) also act on the brakes. Pushing the right pedal brakes right wheel, so the plane turns right. But it would be interesting to know the origin of this convention.

[@nicknicholson1268]

@@SVanHutten I would be also interested to know the origin of this convention myself.

[@rwalkenhorst]

@@SVanHutten Good point, although I've been told that differential braking is only rarely used with airliners. Not like a farm tractor where there are times when it's simply impossible to get the thing to turn without holding the inside brake.

[@ImperrfectStranger]

You missed the other function of the 747 yaw damper system which reduces fuselage twisting during gusts! aka modal suppression.

[@matthiashartge5520]

0:23 A yaw-dropping pun ;)

[@FgTt-l4h]

very nice

[@matthiaslipinsky501]

ESP means elk search program, as it was introduced after the mercedes A class tipped over during elk test

[@HDJess]

What happens if the computer that controls this automatic movement of the rudder fails and sends random commands?

[@badcass100]

Why do pilots cut off the yaw damper when landing?

[@ZINDJGABECORDERO]

Does airbus a320 have it?

[@copinieve9194]

❤ Hola excelente me gustan mucho tus videos 🤍👍🫶🏻

[@MD80-cockpit]

When gliders or ultralight pilots visit my simulator cockpit, I always have to remember to explain about the yaw damper, otherwise we get such funny/exciting landings. These pilots use the rudder pedals very actively. Yaw damper do the job in most cases for the commercial pilot, so no need for heavy rudder movement

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

I know what you‘re referring too😂

[@mytech6779]

Float planes also need very heavy rudder use.

[@G_de_Coligny]

Just remove the esc fuse. And plug ballast resistor instead of the takata airbags to avoid error light.

[@GodfreyTempleton]

No mention of the ailerons - balanced flight.

[@EleanorPeterson]

So... which tastes better: Dutch roll or Danish pastry?🤔

[@demal1010]

Can you do a video on crab landings please?

[@Fredcat-6]

The diagrams can be helpful but the one with the car loaded with weights when braking would yaw to the right, not left.

[@akumar7366]

Airline pilots are always so smartly dressed.

[@rezamostafid8810]

I am a pilot with a control engineering background. Great job at explaining this! The main points all came across without drawing on aerodynamics, control systems e.t.c. ...

[@pfft_5782]

First one

[@andrewerickson6089]

You probably mean "damp"... Dampen means to make something moist.

[@Boodieman72]

Must be nice to have a car with ESP.

[@yournamehere7182]

Your, You're, Yaw ✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈✈

[@hammadshut4368]

Quick question: can pilots choose if they want to fly short or long haul if they have successfully secured 2000 hours flying worth of seniority ?

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

Depending very much for which airline you fly for!

[@Ztbmrc1]

Ok. I always thought that the yaw damper was switched off during take off and landing, but now I have learned it is not. So it is always on.

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

On airline jets yes! GA planes can be different

[@Ztbmrc1]

@@flywithcaptainjoe Ok thank you!

[@grachoderunwiderstehlichen]

the pedals are "only" for the ruder or if the tieres touch the ground for breaking if i remember "right" at eurowings pilots this was in a conversation , or flightradar 🤔

[@michaelturner4457]

I'm also currently in China 🇨🇳😂

[@manyshnooks]

Why is there a three stripe captain? I've only ever seen this done for senior first officers as a sign of respect, where they're given the title of captain by the crew but are still on the books as a FO? Genuinely curious?

[@jet4926]

He's the Captain of his channel...

[@manyshnooks]

@jet4926 wasn't hating on him, just came across the channel, subscribed but was always curious about why he lacked the fourth bar.

[@flywithcaptainjoe]

The forth bar is in the works😉

[@manyshnooks]

@@flywithcaptainjoe I look forward to seeing you in four epaulettes! (I've noticed this is a regional thing: "bars" in some Commonwealth countries, "stripes" in parts of the US and "epaulettes" for type rating instructors who want to sound a bit fancy 😂). Safe travels.

[@nicknicholson1268]

@@flywithcaptainjoe Sincerely hoping to see it soon!!!!

[@AngusShark]

Really? Jiangsu! Which city?! I’m from and in Jiangsu OMG

[@cougar9902]

STOP USING CAPS

[@rhino5551212]

Damn!! Did anyone notice the right main gear almost on its sidewall?? @flywithcaptainjoe

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