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+1 vote
asked by (15 points)

So I recently bought X-Plane 11 and I've seen aircrafts drifting left and off the runway on final. I'm not sure if it is my EXTREME3D PRO joystick or X-Plane itself, And it happens to most of the aircraft.

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+1 vote
answered by (95 points)
Hello

With propellers engines (clockwise/anticlockwise) you have gyroscopics effects which can explain roll and twist when increasing or reducing power, when turning left or right, when pulling/pushing stick ...
commented by (15 points)
It also happens with my 737, and it Slowly drifts off course.......
commented by (10 points)
If it happened to me in real life, I could be having a drift because of the wind, and I would 'crab' into the wind.
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