What does YD stand for?

Yaw Damper

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Bill Serra that he had activated the aircraft's yaw damper.

Crew made fatal mistake in June 2007 medical plane crash

Bill Serra that he had activated the aircraft's yaw damper.

NTSB: Crew made fatal mistake on Mich. med plane

Bill Serra that he had activated the aircraft's yaw damper.

NTSB: Crew made fatal mistake on Mich. med plane

Avcon Fins perform so well that the FAA requirement for operable yaw dampers is eliminated.

Butler National Corp. - Avcon Appoints Bombardier Aerospace Business ...

The cracks in the yaw damper assemblies are a serious concern because if the equipment breaks loose, it could damage or derail a moving train.

Express trains shelved again after more cracks discovered

A yaw damper breaking loose at high speed could cause serious damage to a train.

Troubled Amtrak halts fleet of express trains Cracks found in Acela ...

Investigators determined early on that before the aircraft left New York, its yaw damper malfunctioned.

Doomed plane had sat down hard

The maintenance log reported problems with the pitch trim, which helps keep the nose in an up or down position, and the yaw damper, which uses the rudder to keep an airplane from swaying.

Doomed N.Y. plane had trouble before takeoff Two controls on Flight ...