A rudder is a primary control surface used to steer a ship, boat, submarine, hovercraft, airship, or other vehicle that moves through a fluid medium (usually...

Flap Rudder (aka a "Becker rudder") is a specific type of multi-section rudder used on boats and ships. The hinged aft section gives the rudder an extra...

A rudder pedal is a foot-operated aircraft flight control interface for controlling the rudder of an aircraft. The usual set-up in modern aircraft is that...

During the 1990s, a series of issues affecting the rudder of Boeing 737 passenger aircraft resulted in multiple incidents. In two separate accidents (United...

Stick and Rudder: An Explanation of the Art of Flying (ISBN 978-0-07-036240-6) is a book written in 1944 by Wolfgang Langewiesche, describing how airplanes...

A Schilling rudder is a specific type of profiled rudder used on certain boats and ships. The rudder is typically described as 'shaped like a fishtail'...

The surname Rudder may refer to: James Earl Rudder (1910–1970), United States Army major general, Texas Land Commissioner, and sixteenth president of Texas...

Rudder ratio refers to a value that is monitored by the computerized flight control systems in modern aircraft. The ratio relates the aircraft airspeed...

A rudder is a steering device. Rudder may also refer to: Rudder (surname) Camp Rudder, a U.S. Army Ranger School training facility Rudder Middle School...

Balanced rudders are used by both ships and aircraft. Both may indicate a portion of the rudder surface ahead of the hinge, placed to lower the control...