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Synonyms for yaw

to turn aside sharply from a straight course

to lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis

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Synonyms for yaw

an erratic deflection from an intended course

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be wide open

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deviate erratically from a set course

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swerve off course momentarily

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The diagram at upper right provides greater detail, but the gist is that aileron deflection generates some measure of a yawing moment opposite the desired direction of turn.
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Power output control can also be achieved using ailerons and yawing the rotor out of the wind.
Quetzalcoatlus alo didn't have a vertical stabilizer, as planes do, bit it did have a very narrow and movable head, which could be used as a front-end rudder for controlling yawing (the tendency to swing from side to side).
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This yawing is the aforementioned "adverse yaw," and conventional fixed-wing aircraft counter it with rudder application.