I recently noticed my lazy tendency to not push my rudder pedals - especially in GA aircraft and especially when I'm flying offline. There's no feedback in the seat of my pants and if I'm looking outside I'm not usually paying close attention to the turn coordinator.

 

Online I typically fly IFR so I do look at my instruments and try to make coordinated standard rate turns because that is what ATC expects.

 

How often do you fly coordinated?

I have to admit the laziness happens to me in GA Flights as well. :blush:

I can hear my instructor now.... :Shame On You:

Wait, the Yaw axis is for more than taxiing?

I think it all depends on how far down the bottle I am Ryan. Arriving over the threshold sideways is usually a fairly good clue that it's time to call it a night!!  

I always try to fly coordinated.

I think, it is because I have trained a lot in Carenado's C152 during my PPL. Hence, watching 'the ball' was one of the things I always did.

I have to admit I seldom watch the ball and mainly use rudder when it is actually needed (winds with take off and landing). I also have to say that the ball often hardly moves in my planes and whenever I do use the rudder it seems almost impossible to keep the ball centered, not even with the lightest touch.

How do you make a crosswind landing without using rudder pedals? 

Well my Xbox controller does do slips nicely using the two triggers for rudder.

 

How do you make a crosswind landing without using rudder pedals? 

 

crab  :smile: ....................until 20ft then you have to  :smile:

 

@Ryan

your just lazy offline lol

How do you make a crosswind landing without using rudder pedals?

 

Not sure if you are asking this to me but the question wasn't if we use rudders or not, period, but if we use rudders for coordinated turns. I use rudders for ground movement, take off and landing but up in the air I hardly touch them. Also because the planes I fly seem to fly quite well without rudder input. In fact, touching the rudders usually only makes the ball move even more into the wrong direction LOL

I am always coordinated!

 

Autorudder FTW

I use AutoRudder at all times, and I turn at a rate that feels comfortable.

 

 

 

crab  :smile: ....................until 20ft then you have to  :smile:

 

@Ryan

your just lazy offline lol

 

 

If you crab, and you are not using a rudder, ala the Aircoupe, you are not aligned with the runway, until you apply rudder  to make the alignment. If you are using auto rudder, when you do that, you will start  immediately drifting towards the downwind side of the runway, side load the landing gear, possibly strike the downwind wingtip on the runway surface. Not a good way to end your day.   :wink:

Not sure if you are asking this to me but the question wasn't if we use rudders or not, period, but if we use rudders for coordinated turns. I use rudders for ground movement, take off and landing but up in the air I hardly touch them. Also because the planes I fly seem to fly quite well without rudder input. In fact, touching the rudders usually only makes the ball move even more into the wrong direction LOL

 

In real life, flying Cessnas and Pipers, I use rudder for climbing and descending, and slow flight as well as landing and taking off. Turning at cruise speeds, level flight, really not necessary. 

Always fly coordinated, dark grey sweat pants, grey Nike sweatshirt, grey socks and black and grey trainers.... :wink: