Assertion: rudder | /r/HasProperty | needed
Facets:
value: in a tandem sea kayak
type: OTHER
value: no longer
type: TEMPORAL
value: almost
type: DEGREE
value: on well-designed hulls
type: LOCATION
value: absolutely
type: DEGREE
value: normally
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: When everything is centered up, lift is balanced, left and right, so is the drag, and the rudder is no longer needed.
text: Rudders are almost a necessity in a tandem sea kayak, which is generally very difficult to turn otherwise.
text: With the Kayaksailor rig, the leeboards can be balanced to the center of effort in the sail, maintaining the directional stability of the boat, and on well-designed hulls, rudders normally aren’t necessary.
text: Okay, granted, on common GA airplanes of the Cessna/Piper type, the ball will barely be nudging out of center and it’s easy to argue that rudder isn’t needed.
text: However, as soon as the bank angle is established, the ailerons should be neutralized, which means the rudder is no longer needed.
text: I guess what I really need is a video of someone landing where rudder is absolutely needed and a display showing what their control inputs are.
text: The boat is steered by pivoting the outdrive, as on an outboard motor; no rudder is needed.
text: On most big tandem kayaks, a rudder is almost a necessity.