Yaw angle

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Not to be confused with Sideslip angle.

The yaw angle is the angle between a vehicle's heading and a reference heading (normally true or magnetic North). In aeronautics, robotics and marine control, it is typically assigned the shorthand notation ψ.[1]

Further information: Flight dynamics

[edit] References

  1. ^ Hurt, H. H., Jr. [1960] (January 1965). Aerodynamics for Naval Aviators. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C.: U.S. Navy, Aviation Training Division, p. 284. NAVWEPS 00-80T-80. 


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